Best Lovage Tea Recipes
FRESH PEA & LOVAGE SOUP
Lovage has a delicate celery-like flavour, but if you can't find it, substitute with mint. This soup is lovely either hot or chilled on a summer day
Provided by James Martin
Categories Lunch, Soup
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Shell the peas, leaving 8 of the best-looking ones whole. Melt half the butter in a large pan, then gently cook the spring onions and garlic with the lid on for 5 mins, without colouring. Add the stock, bring to the boil, then add the peas and whole pods and simmer for 2-3 mins until tender.
- Fish out the whole pods and refresh under cold water. Tip in the crème fraîche, then the lovage or mint, and blitz with a hand blender until smooth. Season to taste. Leave to cool, then chill in the fridge if serving cold.
- If you're eating the soup hot, bring to a gentle simmer but don't boil. To serve, ladle into bowls, decorate each with a whole, split pea pod and serve with a stack of toasted olive bread on the side (toast your bread on the barbecue).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 251 calories, Fat 17 grams fat, SaturatedFat 10 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 16 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 5 grams sugar, Fiber 7 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 0.25 milligram of sodium
LOVAGE TEA
An aromatic, vigorous and stimulating beverage! Serve hot or iced. The rhizome and roots - contain therapeutic properties. The roots of lovage has been a distinguished folk medicine, especially for their diuretic (causing increased flow of urine) and carminative (relieving flatulence or colic by expelling gas) properties. Also lovage was considered to be of substantial significance for treating kidney stones, jaundice, malaria, pleurisy, boils and aching throats. Lovage roots can be used for self-healing of ailments like stomach upsets, bladder and kidney problems, menstrual disorders, and gout, rheumatism as well as migraine headaches. Interestingly, the name of the herb 'lovage' often deceives some people to believe that it is an important ingredient of love tonics.
Provided by Rita1652
Categories < 15 Mins
Time 5m
Yield 1 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- Steep lovage roots boiling water for 5 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Sodium 4.7
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