Best Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup Recipes

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LEMON VERBENA SIMPLE SYRUP



Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup image

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

1 cup water
1 cup white sugar
ΒΌ 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



Fresh Fruit With Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup image

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

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

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