Some time ago
I was fortunate enough to be invited to a morning tea at a pretty lavender farm where there is a shop selling all types of products made from lavender including lavender wine. On the menu at the coffee shop were lavender scones…of course I couldn’t resist them.
They were served with vanilla flavoured cream and the combination was delicious. Lavender flowers provide a delightful delicate flavour in foods if they are used sparingly.
Not long after I tried these scones I tried to find a recipe for them but had no luck so I added lavender flowers to my favourite scone recipe and served the scones nice and hot with vanilla flavoured cream sweetened with a little icing sugar.
2 cups self raising flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons lavender flowers
60g butter
¾ cup milk (approx)
a little extra milk to glaze
Grease a scone tray and sift flour and salt into a mixing bowl. Add lavender flowers . Rub in butter with fingertips then add sufficient milk to form a light dough. Turn out on to a floured board and knead lightly . Roll out to 1cm thickness and cut into shapes or use a small cutter. Place on tray and glaze with milk. Bake in a very hot oven (450ºF/230ºC) for 10 minutes or until brown and well risen. Makes approx 21.
Fresh lavender flowers can be used to make lavender vinegar and flavour jams while small amounts of dried or fresh flowers can be combined with savoury herbs to add to stews and soups.
Because of their bitter taste lavender flowers aren’t a good choice for crystallised flowers.
Will give these a try and let you know what they taste like. I have the dried herb not fresh flowers can I use the dried flowers in the recipe?
Jennie xxx
Thanks Belle you’re a star and you twinkle when you walk!!!
Great to hear from you Jennie and I’m really glad you’re going to try this recipe. Dried lavender flowers will be fine but just use one teaspoon instead of two. You might like more flowers in your scones, it’s all a matter of taste I guess and you may find that the fresh flowers have a more subtle flavour.
Belle xxx
Let’s see if I still ‘twinkle when I walk’ after you’ve made the scones
Who’d a thunk it! Lavender scones. For some reason these sound really good to me. Your recipe is a little tuff, but I intend to give it a try.
Good on you Dave, please let us know how they turn out
Made them today! Added a little vanilla and icing sugar to the mixture because I was concerned that they might be too bitter.. they were absolutely divine. Thanks so much for the recipe! xox
Hi Emma, Well done! That was so clever of you to add the vanilla and icing sugar to the recipe. By your comment that would have made them perfect – I’ll try that next time I make them. Thanks for sharing xoxo