What Should We Do With Our Lemon Verbena?

We've talked about how much we love lemon verbena. It's one of our favorite herbs. But now we have a bumper crop of it, and we want some new ideas!

Despite being squeezed into a pot with lavender and sage, our lemon verbena took off this summer and is in serious need of pruning. What's your favorite thing to do with lemon verbena?

Here are a few past recipes from the blog, but inspire us! We want to try something new!

• Lemon Verbena: The Perfect Dessert Tisane
• Recipe: Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup
• Recipe: Lemon Verbena and Orange Blossom Fizz

(Image: Faith Hopler)

Comments (7)

Lemon verbena ice cream or sorbet.

posted by art on July 31st 2008 at 11:45am
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David Lebovitz recently posted a delicious-looking recipe for lemon verbena ice cream - makes me wish i'd put some into the container garden this year! Here's a link.
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2008/07/lemon_verbena_ice_cream.html

posted by kittystockings on July 31st 2008 at 11:51am
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Pour boiling water over it and drink it like tea. The french do it after a big meal, it's supposed to be soothing and helps digestion. Plus it's yummy!

posted by laure on July 31st 2008 at 5:12pm
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I'll second (third?) the ice cream or sorbet, perhaps in combination with lavender. Grind the herbs with the sugar for better texture and flavor.

posted by kitchenMage on August 1st 2008 at 2:06am
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my boyfriends' mother makes liquor with it.
you can drink it plain or diluted in water.
i'll try to get the recipe and post it here :-)

posted by wonder(Ã¢Â˜Â…)zdora on August 1st 2008 at 5:56am
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Roasted Chicken--I slide lemon verbena and rosemary in between the skin and the breast--and inside the chicken go garlic and lemon.

posted by dawnie on August 1st 2008 at 7:51am
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Make an infused olive oil

posted by Trumystique on August 4th 2008 at 8:38am
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