Best Lemon Verbena Ice Cubes Recipes

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LEMON VERBENA LEMONADE



Lemon Verbena Lemonade image

Lemon verbena, which has lemon's clean taste but not its tartness, balances the acidity of fresh lemonade.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Drink Recipes

Yield Makes 7 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups water
1/4 cup lemon verbena leaves
5 cups fresh lemon juice, strained (from about 24 lemons)
Lemon Verbena Ice Cubes, for garnish (optional)

Steps:

  • Bring sugar and water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat, and add lemon verbena. Cover, and steep for 15 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve, and let cool completely.
  • Combine lemon juice and lemon verbena syrup in a pitcher. Fill glasses with lemon verbena ice, and divide lemonade among glasses.

LEMON VERBENA ICE CUBES



Lemon Verbena Ice Cubes image

Freezing the willowy leaves of verbena in ice cubes adds flavor to a drink like Lemon Verbena Lemonade instead of watering down.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes

Yield Makes 24 cubes

Number Of Ingredients 2

Boiled water, cooled
24 lemon verbena leaves

Steps:

  • Fill 2 ice trays halfway with water, and freeze. Top each cube with a lemon verbena leaf, cover with water, and freeze for up to 1 week.

LEMON VERBENA ICE CREAM



Lemon Verbena Ice Cream image

Lemon verbena's seductive floral-citrus scent and taste lend energy and grace to ice cream. In this recipe, you'll boil and steep fresh verbena leaves in half-and-half and sugar and, with seven egg yolks and heavy cream, turn the mixture into a custard over heat. Then freeze it in your ice cream maker. The best source for the leaves may be a plant of your own, or try your local farmers' market or nursery.

Provided by Suzanne Hamlin

Categories     ice creams and sorbets, project, dessert

Time 45m

Yield 8 servings, 1/2 cup each

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/4 cup fresh lemon verbena leaves, packed
3/4 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup sugar
7 egg yolks
1 3/4 cups heavy cream

Steps:

  • In heavy stainless-steel pot, combine lemon verbena leaves, half-and-half and 1/4 cup sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring, and remove immediately from heat. Cover, and let steep for 30 minutes.
  • In stainless-steel bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and remaining sugar. While continuously whisking, strain the half-and-half mixture through a fine-meshed sieve into the egg yolks.
  • Return the mixture to the saucepan. Over medium-low heat, stir continuously with wooden spoon until custard thickens, about 2 minutes.
  • Strain custard into a bowl that is sitting in a larger bowl filled with ice cubes and water. Add heavy cream. Cool and chill. Freeze in an ice-cream maker.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 297, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 16 grams, Fat 25 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 15 grams, Sodium 35 milligrams, Sugar 15 grams

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