Have you ever had a pot of lemon verbena in your kitchen? If not, this is the time to get one. With sunshine up ahead, the sophisticated fragrance of lemon verbena is delicate enough for spring while promising warmer days ahead.
We love this herb's unique aroma - herbal, citrusy, and floral all together - and the marvelous dessert tisane or herbal infusion that is perfect sipping on a crisp spring evening. More ideas below - be looking for it at your local greenmarket...
We usually use lemon verbena in desserts, like this plum sorbet with lemon verbena-flavored cream from my (Faith's) other blog. But this Verbena Brined Salmon sounds delicious and special.
We also like the idea of this Lemon Verbena Oil to be drizzled over vegetables or fish.
On the more traditional dessert track, try this Lemon Verbena Pound Cake with Strawberries or this Lemon Verbena Tart with Cape Gooseberry Compote.
And of course you can't go wrong with a simple syrup of lemon verbena, sugar and water, mixed up with some soda and a little sweet vermouth.
Do you like to cook with lemon verbena? If so, how do you use it?
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What a coincidence. I'm going to have my kitchen finished pretty soon and will have a little plant pot that hangs on the wall. I was thinking about putting a lemon verbena plant in it because they are pretty hearty and have an intoxicating fragrance.
I grew one on my balcony once with no effort whatsoever. I was fortunate enough to have an ice cream machine at my disposal so I made lemon verbena ice cream with it. I love the sound of your lemon verbena "spritzer." Someone had brought up guinea hen a while ago and I think a crispy skinned guinea hen breast would be great with a pan jus infused with lemon verbena.
I happliy read this while drinking fresh lemon verbena tea. I have a plant growing on my balcony in a pot...but I have to wonder if it's a good indoor plant. If you are going to get one, beware that in winter (even here in temperate southern California) mine lost all its leaves and I thought it was dead. But now it's leafing like crazy.