At Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm, we are asked all the time about what sort of recipes work with the culinary lavender products we carry. Since its been a pretty frequent question we’ve been asked at the farmstand and at the Holiday Lights Festival at the Santa Ynez Botanical Garden, we at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm thought it would be best to show off one of oure favorite recipes, Lavender Lemonade!
10 cups Water
1 cup Dried Culinary Lavender Buds
3 cups Lemon Juice (about 15 lemons)
4 cups Sugar
Boil water, add lavender buds to a heat safe bowl, pour 3 cups of boiling water over the lavender buds and let sit for 30 minutes to extract lavender essence. (water will turn blue)
Boil more water, add sugar to a large measuring cup or bowl then pour 3 cups of boiling water into sugar and stir until dissolved.
Juice lemons.
Pour Into your large serving container sugar water, lemon juice. Stir.
Strain lavender water and pour into the container.
Mix together and taste. Add ice to drink immediately
or chill before serving and stir and add water to taste.
And Voila! Lavender Lemonade! now you too can make Lavender Lemonade, or spice it up with a little vodka to make our signature Lavender Lemonade cocktail, recipe here. Also,dont forget to pick up your Culinary Lavender products at our farmstand or at select retail and the Holiday Lights Festival this weekend at the Santa Ynez Botanical Garden.