Best Auberge French Lavender Pancakes With Lavender Honey Recipes

AUBERGE FRENCH LAVENDER PANCAKES WITH LAVENDER HONEY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together all dry ingredients together.
• Add the milk, eggs and vanilla extract and whisk until well combined.
• Whisk in the melted butter until the batter is thick and very smooth.
• Heat frying pan or griddle over medium heat, and spray with cooking oil spray or grease with a knob of butter.
• Spoon the pancake batter onto the griddle in equal amounts and cook until bubbles come to the surface of the batter and the edges start to curl up.
• Flip pancakes with a spatula, and cook for a few seconds more on the second side.
• Check underneath for a golden brown colour- if they are too pale, keep cooking them a bit longer.
• When they are done, remove them from the griddle/frying pan and put on a large heat-proof plate in the oven to keep warm and continue until all the batter is used.
• Makes about a dozen pancakes.
• Top with Lavender honey and cream, or butter and Lavender honey.
• Great with fruit also!

HOMEMADE LAVENDER HONEY FROM SOUTH WEST FRANCE

Steps:

• Heat honey in a bowl over boiling water (a bain-marie) until very hot, but NOT boiling, then add the lavender flowers and stir well.
• Continue to heat over a low heat for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool a little before covering with a net or fly cover and placing in the sun for about 3 to 4 hours.
• Pour the honey through a mesh sieve and discard the cooked lavender.
• Put honey in jar, cover tightly and label. Keeps like normal honey, but is best in a cool, dark and dry place.

FRENCH PANCAKES

Steps:

• Put all ingredients into a blender, cover and process or mix until smooth.
• Heat a small frying pan, brush with butter and pour in enough batter to cover the bottom.
• tip pan in order to spread batter thin and evenly.
• Brown on one side.
• When top is set, turn pancake.
• Keep in warm oven before serving.

LAVENDER AND HONEY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°; place 18 baking cups in muffin pans.
• In a large bowl, combine all the cupcake ingredients; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and pale, about 2-3 minutes.
• Spoon batter into the cups; bake for 20 minutes or until tests done.
• Remove pans from oven and cool for 5 minutes; remove cupcakes to a rack; let cool completely.
• To make the frosting: In a bowl, beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar with an electric mixer until light and creamy.
• Beat in honey and a few drops of food coloring; stir in half the lavender flowers.
• Spread the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes; sprinkle with the reserved lavender flowers.

HOMEMADE LAVENDER HONEY

Steps:

• Warm the honey in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir in the lavender. Remove from the heat, cover, and let stand at room temperature for 24 hours.
• Warm the honey again over low heat until it is liquid enough to pour freely. Strain through a wire sieve (I place a clean paper coffee filter inside the mesh strainer), into a clean jar. Cool and cover.
• Store in the refrigerator for up to 6 months. Serve at room temperature.

EASY FRENCH PANCAKES

Steps:

• Combine ingredients in a blender, and blend until smooth.
• Let stand 30 minutes.
• Cook 1/4 cup batter at a time in a hot, buttered 8-inch skillet or on a crepe maker; we've had success both ways.
• Remove and fold into quarters or thirds and serve with a fruit sauce, powdered sugar, maple syrup, or whipped cream.

DUCK GLAZED WITH HONEY AND LAVENDER (OR HERBES DE PROVENCE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Using a mortar and pestle or spice grinder, finely grind half of the lavender (or herbes de provence), thyme, sea salt, and peppercorns.
• Set aside the ground herb rub mix.
• Remove excess fat and skin from duck neck and inside cavity.
• Remove giblets (reserve liver only).
• Thoroughly rinse duck and pat dry with paper towels.
• With very sharp paring knife, carefully score duck breast in criss-cross pattern, making sure to cut through skin and fat only (do not cut into the flesh or"meat" of the duck).
• Rub herb mix into both inside the cavity and the outside of the duck.
• Place liver back into the prepared duck cavity.
• Put duck onto rack inside a roasting pan, breast side up and roast for 2 hours (do not baste during initial roasting).
• Remove duck from oven and increase the oven temperature to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Put the duck on a platter and carefully pour pan juices into large glass measuring cup.
• Spoon off all but about 1 tablespoon of the clear duck fat into a glass dish and refrigerate to use in other dishes as a sauté medium, for example.
• Pour pan juices and the 1 tablespoon of the duck fat back to the roasting pan and add the chicken broth and wine.
• Put duck back on the rack in the roasting pan and brush with about half of the honey.
• Roast the duck for about 20 minutes, basting at least once with the pan juice/broth/wine mixture.
• Remove the duck from the oven and brush with the rest of the honey, then sprinkle the duck about 1 teaspoon of the lavender or herbes de provence and return to the oven to roast about 5 minutes more.
• Depending on the size of the duck, it may take a bit longer; it is ready to remove from the oven when a meat thermometer inserted into the innermost duck thigh registers 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
• When duck is done, remove from the oven and put it on a platter to rest.
• Remove the liver from the duck cavity and mash finely in a small bowl to be used on crackers or small toasted baguette slices.
• Pour pan juices from the roaster into a saucepan, making sure to scrape up browned bits.
• Add the remaining lavender or herbes de provence to the saucepan, along with salt and pepper to taste and place over medium heat.
• Bring the juices to a boil, whisking often, and cook until the sauce is thickened and coats the back of a spoon.
• Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed.
• Transfer the sauce to a bowl and serve with sliced duck at the table.