FRESH FRUIT WITH LEMON VERBENA SIMPLE SYRUP
Adapted from papawow.com. Use a colorful variety of seasonal fresh fruit of your choice: peaches, other types of berries or melons, red seedless grapes, etc. I reduced the amount of sugar from the original 2-1 ratio but please feel free to add more. Lemon verbena is a favorite herb of mine! Recently I made this using galia melon only (see photo).
Provided by COOKGIRl
Categories Fruit
Time 28m
Yield 8 cups
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Simple syrup: combine the water and sugar in a small pan and bring to the boil.
- Boil mixture until it is reduced by half.
- Stir in the lemon verbena leaves. Set aside to allow verbena leaves to infuse and the mixture to cool completely.
- Salad: Prep the fruit and arrange on a large shallow platter.
- Once the simple syrup is cool, use a fine mesh strainer and drizzle the syrup all over the fruit.
- *Garnish fruit with a few fresh lemon verbena leaves. Or cover and chill until ready to serve.
- *Tip: fresh lemon verbena leaves wilt quickly. Garnish the fruit platter with freshly cut lemon verbena leaves [just] before serving.
- Yield is estimated.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 66.2, Fat 0.2, Sodium 8.6, Carbohydrate 16.6, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 13, Protein 0.9
MIXED BERRIES WITH LEMON VERBENA CREAM
Categories Milk/Cream Berry Herb Dessert Quick & Easy High Fiber Summer Bon Appétit Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Mix 1/4 cup water, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 tablespoon lemon verbena in small saucepan. Bring to simmer over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cover and cool completely. Strain syrup into bowl.
- Mix 2 tablespoons cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 2 tablespoons lemon verbena in small saucepan. Bring to simmer over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cover and let cool 30 minutes. Strain into small bowl; chill.
- Stir in remaining 1 cup chilled cream.
- Whip verbena cream in medium bowl until peaks form. Divide whipped verbena cream among 4 small bowls. Toss berries and verbena syrup in large bowl. Divide berries among 4 plates. Sprinkle with sugar and serve with whipped verbena cream. (Verbena syrup and verbena cream can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
ROASTED-FRUIT SALAD WITH LEMON VERBENA
Any stone fruit can be used here. Pick whatever looks good at the market, but choose fruits that are similar in size and ripeness, so they will cook evenly in the lemon verbena sauce.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Breakfast & Brunch Recipes
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat sugar, lemon verbena, and corn syrup in large straight-sided ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat until sugar melts, about 3 minutes. Place Pluots, plums, and apricots, cut sides down, on top of sugar mixture, and cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar mixture is liquid and bubbling.
- Transfer skillet to oven, and roast until fruits are soft but not mushy, 4 to 4 1/2 minutes. Remove from oven, and swirl in butter and cream. Drizzle fruit with sauce, and garnish with lemon verbena sprigs.
LEMON VERBENA SIMPLE SYRUP
An intensely fragrant syrup that combines citrus, floral, and woody notes into a flavor-booster for cocktails, mocktails, and sorbets. Your kitchen is going to smell amazing. Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.
Provided by foodelicious
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Syrup Recipes
Time 41m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Combine water, sugar, and lemon verbena leaves in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and let syrup steep, about 30 minutes.
- Pour syrup into a sterilized glass jar through a mesh strainer to remove lemon verbena leaves; let cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 97.5 calories, Carbohydrate 25.1 g, Protein 0.1 g, Sodium 1 mg, Sugar 25 g
WARM FRUIT COMPOTE WITH LEMON VERBENA AND CRèME FRAîCHE
The thing Hom likes most about this dessert is the contrast of the warm, sweet fruit and the cold, tangy crème fraîche. Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 20 min
Time 20m
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Scrape seeds from vanilla bean with point of a paring knife into a 5- to 6-quart wide saucepan (a wide pan minimizes breakage of apples) and add pod, sugar, water, and lemon verbena. Simmer, stirring until sugar is dissolved, 10 minutes. Add apricots and a pinch of salt and simmer, partially covered, until tender, about 10 minutes.
- While apricots are simmering, peel and core apples and cut each into eighths. Add apples to syrup and simmer, uncovered, until just tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter until melted.
SOUR-CHERRY AND LEMON-VERBENA SHERBET
Fragrant lemon verbena makes a lovely partner for tart cherries in this lip-smacking sorbet.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Time 3h50m
Yield Makes about 1 quart
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Bring sugar and water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and add lemon verbena. Let steep 15 minutes. Pour through a fine sieve set over a bowl; discard solids. Refrigerate syrup until cold, about 15 minutes.
- Puree cherries and lemon-verbena syrup in a blender until smooth. Transfer mixture to a bowl and stir in milk. Cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour and up to 2 hours.
- Chill a loaf pan in freezer at least 10 minutes. Freeze and churn cherry mixture in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions, then transfer to pan. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until hardened, at least 2 hours; sherbet can be frozen up to 2 weeks ahead.
LEMON VERBENA AND SUMMER FRUIT GELéE
Provided by Andrea Albin
Categories Wine Berry Dessert Nectarine Summer Chill Healthy Boil Lemon Juice Gourmet Fat Free Kidney Friendly Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 8 (dessert) servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Rub verbena sprigs in your hands to bruise leaves and stems, then combine sprigs with wine and 3/4 cup sugar in a heavy medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then simmer 1 minute. Remove from heat and let steep, covered, 1 hour.
- While verbena mixture steeps, finely grind verbena leaves with remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor or an electric coffee/spice grinder. Gently toss fruit with verbena sugar and 2 tablespoons lemon juice in a bowl. Let stand while verbena syrup finishes steeping.
- Sprinkle gelatin over water and let soften 1 minute. Meanwhile, reheat verbena syrup until hot, then stir in gelatin mixture until dissolved. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Stir in macerated fruit with juices and remaining 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Chill in an ice bath, stirring occasionally, until cool and thickened (the texture of raw egg whites) but not set, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Very lightly oil baking pan with vegetable oil (not necessary if pan is nonstick or if using individual glasses).
- Pour gelée into baking pan and chill in refrigerator until set, at least 3 hours.
- To unmold, dip pan in a larger pan of hot water 5 to 10 seconds to loosen. Invert onto a serving plate (do not unmold if using individual glasses). Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes before serving.
OLD-FASHIONED LEMON VERBENA LEMONADE SYRUP
Pull up a hammock, select a good book and make a jug of this cooling lemonade to refresh you as you gently sway and wile away the long, hot hours! A simple zingy lemonade syrup that is added to water to dilute and is compulsory for hot, humid days! Lemon Verbena is one of my favourite herbs and is a welcome addition to my walled herb garden here in France. The syrup is also amazing if poured over ice creams and summer berries for a tangy citrus flavour. Add an attractive label and a sprig of lemon verbena leaves for a thoughtful summer gift.
Provided by French Tart
Categories Beverages
Time 2h10m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Make the syrup by heating together the water, lemon zest and the sugar. Bring to a boil, take off the heat and allow to infuse until cold. Bring back to a boil and immediately add the lemon verbena leaves. Take off the heat and allow to infuse until cold.
- Strain the syrup in to a bottle or jar in the fridge until needed. Discard the lemon verbena leaves.
- To make Lemonade: Pour some syrup into a glass and add water to taste. Serve with ice and garnish with a lemon verbena leaf and a lemon slice.
Are you curently on diet or you just want to control your food's nutritions, ingredients? We will help you find recipes by cooking method, nutrition, ingredients...
Check it out »
You'll also love