Strawberry Lavender Pancakes
Serves 4-6 pancakes
Pancakes
-1¾ c. flour
-3 T. brown sugar
-1 T. baking powder
-½ t. baking soda
-½ t. salt
-¼ c. vegetable oil
-2 eggs
-1 t. vanilla extract
-1¼ c. of buttermilk
-½ c. chopped strawberries
-½ t. lavender
Strawberry Lavender Topping
-10 oz. strawberries
-½ c. sugar
-½ T. lemon juice
-1 t. vanilla
-¼ c. water
-½ t. lavender
Topping
Wash and dice strawberries. Preheat a sauce pot over medium heat. Add diced strawberries, water, and lemon juice. Let it cook for a couple of minutes and stir in sugar and vanilla. Cook over medium for about 10 minutes, stirring often. Add lavender and cook for a couple more minutes. Take off heat.
Pancakes Whisk together the wet pancake ingredients until combined. Whisk in the dry ingredients until smooth and stir in diced strawberries.Let the batter stand for about 10 minutes. (This is a good time to preheat your cooking pan on medium heat.)
Cook the pancakes, in the preheated pan, for a couple of minutes on each side. Check the pancakes by pressing lightly in the center, if it’s firm the pancakes are done. Top with strawberries. Enjoy!
By Lyuba Brooke on willcookforsmiles.com, 1/17… Read the rest
Honey-Lavender Plum Gratin
Serves 4
Custard
-3/4 c. milk
-3/4 t. fresh lavender buds, or 1/4 teaspoon dried, rinsed
-2 lg. egg yolks
-2 T. honey
-1 t. cornstarch
-1/2 t. vanilla extract
Fruit & topping
-4 med. plums, pitted and cut into eighths
-2 T. sugar
Custard: Heat milk in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat until steaming. Remove from heat. Add lavender, cover and let steep for 30 minutes. Strain milk through a fine sieve into a medium bowl. Return the milk to the saucepan and reheat until steaming.
Whisk egg yolks, honey and cornstarch in a medium bowl until smooth. Gradually add the hot milk, whisking until blended. Return the mixture to the saucepan. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until slightly thickened and starting to bubble gently, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a clean bowl. Whisk in vanilla. Cover loosely and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
Fruit topping: Preheat broiler. Coat an 11-by-7-inch oval gratin dish or 4 individual gratin dishes with cooking spray. Spoon custard evenly into the dish or dishes. Arrange plums on their sides, slightly over- lapping, in a single layer over custard. Sprinkle sugar evenly over plums. Broil until plums are lightly caramelized, 5 to 7 minutes.
Serve immediately. Enjoy!
Adapted from eatingwell.com, Summer 2003… Read the rest