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| Marshmallows from the Alice Bakery floating in my lavender hot chocolate photo by Wayne Stratz |
Tips:
- grow your own lavender, if done by seed, they germinate well in a moist paper towel placed inside a plastic bag.
- dry lavender during the explosion of blooms in spring time... twist tie in small bunches and hang with blooms hanging down
- feel free to forget about that dried lavender, when you discover it it in several months it will be cold and it will be a fine time for hot cocoa
- be inspired by things you have never tried. I have placed lavender in lemon pound cakes and rice pilafs. I think I first ate lavender in a dark chocolate bar made by Dagoba. It also had blueberries in it.
- experiment.
- use what you got, but I got to say having this in the house may have inspired the idea of making lavender hot chocolate.
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| Dagoba chocolate alchemists photo by Wayne Stratz |
Recipe (for two servings)
- use fingers to crush a teaspoon of dried lavender and place into a tea sock thingee
- place two heaping tablespoons of cacao (cocoa) powder and two unheaping tablespoons of sugar in a small pot
- place a quater cup of water in pot
- add heat to create a syrup
- add two heaping cups of milk into pot.
- add tea sock thingee
- heat slowly
- heat slowly
- pour into two of you favorite mugs
- add marshmallows for your Valentine if she/he desires
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| hand crafted mugs by Pam Cummings photo by Wayne Stratz |
I love the hand thrown mugs! Thanks for the inspiration, Wayne :-)
ReplyDeleteI love lavender but have never considered having it in hot chocolate. What a concept!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds delicious. I have been wanting to try using lavender in cooking/baking.
ReplyDeleteLavender is supposed to be really good for your health! I will plan to try that recipe soonish...it's still cold enough. :)
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