There is no scent quite like lavender , it conjurs what I imagine to be the warm sweet smell of an English summer .
Lavender is a xerophyte , meaning that it is especially adapted for living in dry conditions . The grey leaves indicate this quality , the greyness being a mass of tiny white hairs , which are to hold moisture within the plant .
Long ago lavender was used for making scented articles , confectionary , and in the course of cooking and medicine .
I clearly remember the lavender bags adorned with a cardboard cut out of a bonneted lady , that were hung from coat hangers in my aunts dark wood wardrobes or placed in the drawers of the dressing table.
There are many old recipes to be found for lavender wine , lavender sugar , lavender water , lavender tea and from another era lavender fans ..
I found the recipe below tucked precisely in the lavender section of the book by Rosemary Hemphill.... Fragrance And Flavour
CAROL`S LAVENDER SCONES ( WITH ANNIES TRANSLATION )
1 jug of self raising flour .....( 5 cups )
1/2 silver ladle icing sugar .....( 1/4 cup )
1/2 tsp of dried lavender
1 teacup of cream ....( 1 cup )
1 and 1/3 teacup of milk ( 1 and 1/3 cup )
Preheat your oven to 240 Deg C
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl
Cut the cream in with a broad bladed knife
Quickly mix in the milk
Turn onto a floured board
Lightly pat into a rectangle
Cut into 12 squares
Separate and place on a floured baking sheet
Bake for 5 minutes until coloured on top
Reduce to 180 Deg C and continue to bake for 10 minutes
Turn onto a clean dry teatowel , cover loosely to stop scones from becoming too hard .
Split and serve with the best jam and farm cream .
Lavender is a xerophyte , meaning that it is especially adapted for living in dry conditions . The grey leaves indicate this quality , the greyness being a mass of tiny white hairs , which are to hold moisture within the plant .
Long ago lavender was used for making scented articles , confectionary , and in the course of cooking and medicine .
I clearly remember the lavender bags adorned with a cardboard cut out of a bonneted lady , that were hung from coat hangers in my aunts dark wood wardrobes or placed in the drawers of the dressing table.
There are many old recipes to be found for lavender wine , lavender sugar , lavender water , lavender tea and from another era lavender fans ..
I found the recipe below tucked precisely in the lavender section of the book by Rosemary Hemphill.... Fragrance And Flavour
CAROL`S LAVENDER SCONES ( WITH ANNIES TRANSLATION )
1 jug of self raising flour .....( 5 cups )
1/2 silver ladle icing sugar .....( 1/4 cup )
1/2 tsp of dried lavender
1 teacup of cream ....( 1 cup )
1 and 1/3 teacup of milk ( 1 and 1/3 cup )
Preheat your oven to 240 Deg C
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl
Cut the cream in with a broad bladed knife
Quickly mix in the milk
Turn onto a floured board
Lightly pat into a rectangle
Cut into 12 squares
Separate and place on a floured baking sheet
Bake for 5 minutes until coloured on top
Reduce to 180 Deg C and continue to bake for 10 minutes
Turn onto a clean dry teatowel , cover loosely to stop scones from becoming too hard .
Split and serve with the best jam and farm cream .
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