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This lavender appetizer is sure to please anyone looking to add the sophistication and elegance to their appetizer plate. These infused wine and lavender blackberries are a treat on top of brie cheese and a elegant lavender lemon curd. Dreamy....delicious and oh so yummy!  Wine & Lavender-Soaked Berries 1/2 cup red wine ( or non alcoholic version would be grape juice) 1 Tbsp Lavender Simple Syrup 1 tsp lemon juice Lavender Cocktail Picks Lemon Lavender Curd 1/4 cup Lemon Curd 1/2 tsp Lavender Extract Thin wafer style crackers Stir together, red wine, Lavender Simple Syrup and lemon juice into a small bowl. Add 1 1/2 cups of fresh blackberries to your wine mixture. Let the berries soak for at least 30 minutes and up to overnight. In a small bowl combine lemon curd and lavender extract, stir until combined.  Brie & Berry Cocktail Bites
To assemble your Lavender Cocktail Picks, smear a little Lemon Lavender Curd onto your cracker, cut your brie cheese into small squares, poke a hole through the cheese with a toothpick. Insert your lavender cocktail into a pre-poked berry and then into cheese square, place on top of cracker and lemon curd. The trick to Lavender Cocktail Picks is to think light. They aren't super strong, so you are looking to add the garnish bling but keeping in mind they are fragile. Make them just before serving. We always love when we inspire others with our lavender recipes! If you make this share with us #norwoodlavenderfarm so we can see it. If you share our recipe or photo we just ask that you give photo and recipe credit. Go out and be inspired with lavender!
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I recently went out with a friend where I had a drink that had smoked rosemary. This made me begin to think about lavender of course! So I did a little experimenting for a smoked lavender cocktail. This is what I came up with and I am pleasantly pleased.  To make your smoked drinks at home it helps to have your glasses cold so the smoke can adhere better to the glass. So in advance stick your glasses in the freezer for about 15-30 minutes. Smoked Lavender Whiskey Sour 6 Tbsp Lavender Lemonade Mix 2 cups seltzer water 2 shots whiskey 2 Lavender Cocktail Picks Ice Serves 2  Prepare the drink in a shaker, I don't shake but instead stir as I prefer seltzer water for this version. If it's not cold you can stick a few ice cubes in before beginning. Once your recipe is made up and you've poured your drink in the cold glasses stick your Lavender Cocktail Picks into drink, place them on a cake plate that has a domed lid. You can make your own variation of something in your house that will work. For example a bowl over a plate would work just fine too. Light the lavender cocktail picks on fire and immediately stick your lid on top. This will allow the smoke to billow slightly before losing oxygen and going out.  Used the last of the whiskey for this drink...time to buy more! Yummm, cheers to a new smokin' drink!!!!
As always we love when others share our recipes, but please make sure you tag us #norwoodlavenderfarm for recipe and any photo credits. Go out and be inspired with lavender! Sincerely, Nicole Are you in need of a quick and easy appetizer?! We love how easy this is to make up making it the perfect game day or holiday appetizer.  Barbecue Lavender Honey Meatball Appetizer
1 pound frozen meatballs 1 cup honey barbecue sauce 1 tsp Lavender Extract 1 box Lavender Cocktail Picks 1 package small round bread slices cilantro (optional garnish) chives (optional garnish) culinary lavender bud (optional garnish) In a small bowl combine the honey barbecue sauce and stir in your lavender extract, set aside. In a crockpot add your frozen meatballs, pour over the barbecue sauce mixture and gently stir to coat meatballs. Cook on low for 4 hours or on high for 2 hours. To assemble appetizer, with a spoon place a meatball on slice of bread. Insert your lavender cocktail pick through both the meatball and into the bread. Garnish with chopped chive, parsley and lavender buds. Serve appetizers with a small spatula. Serve and enjoy! We love when people share and enjoy our recipes. If you make this please #norwoodlavenderfarm so we can see it. I am what you may call a simple bartender. I don't want tons of ingredients in my cocktails...maybe it is because when I decide I want one, I want it now. Reason two, if you have guests who want a second one, your not in the kitchen half hour while they are waiting on you. Well anyway....there you have it, why I am a simple bartender.  This recipe was created out of some inspiration of my pear trees outside. loaded with fruit ready and ripe to pick. I thought how it might make for a fun cocktail. I was looking to create something for fall, with sweetness of summer and a little spice to warm you for fall. With careful investigation of the liquor store I was able to find pear vodka...and not just any pear vodka. A local well known and delicious one made by, Wild Roots. So the concoctions began as I thought a moscow mule style would be the perfect choice with the spicy ginger flavor...so from there here is the recipe. I know you'll love it as much as I do! Cheers and Enjoy! Feel free to share our recipe with photo and recipe credit to Norwood Lavender Farm.  Lavender Pear Moscow Mule
2 shots Pear Vodka (We used Wild Roots) 1 shot Lavender Simple Syrup 3/4 cup ginger beer 1/4 lime Garnish choices (I garnishing with all) 1 Lavender Cocktail Pick 1 piece ginger candy 1 slice of small pear 1 slice of lime Fill a copper mug or glass with crushed ice, add vodka, lavender simple syrup, 1/4 lime squeezed, and top all with ginger beer. Give a little stir and enjoy! |
AuthorI am Nicole Callen, lavender lover, farmer, and owner of Norwood Lavender Farm. My intention for this page is to bring you great lavender related content that you can use. Most of it contains culinary adventures that transpire in my kitchen, as I have a love for the complex floral flavor and depth that lavender brings to cooking. I like to say, "where nature meets gourmet". 
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