Best Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup Recipes

Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup image

Provided by foodelicious

Time 41m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 3

1 cup water
1 cup white sugar
¼ cup fresh lemon verbena leaves

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

Fresh Fruit With Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup image

Provided by COOKGIRl

Categories Fruit

Time 28m

Yield 8 cups

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 cups water
1/4 cup sugar (I used unbleached white sugar)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon verbena, washed and minced
1 cup strawberry, cleaned, hulled and sliced
2 cups cantaloupe, peeled and cut into bite size chunks
1 orange, peeled and sliced
1 -2 cup yellow grapefruit, peeled and sliced
1 -2 cup red seedless watermelon, rind removed and cut into bite size chunks
fresh lemon verbena leaf

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