Lilac flower sugar

Les Mauvaises Herbes

Huh, what? You didn't know you can eat your lilacs?

Well, yes! Here, we love making a delicious floral sugar that we add practically everywhere to wow the crowd or give some oomph to our favorite dishes. Fancy you say?

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Level

Beginner

Contains

about 125 ml

Conservation

up to 2 months

Ingredients

  • 1 beautiful cluster of lilac flowers at their peak
  • 125 grams of organic cane sugar
  • 1 250 ml Mason jar

Preparation steps

1. Detach each flower from the cluster and place them on a clean cloth to check that no bugs are hiding in them.

2. In a bowl, mix the sugar and the flowers.

3. Pour into the jar and close the lid. Let the flowers macerate in the sugar for 3 days, stirring every day.

4. After 3 days, sift the sugar to remove the flowers.

5. Put the flowers in the compost and enjoy!

How to use it

Use to sweeten any food: your coffee, your cake, your berries in cream, etc. It's yum, yum, yum!

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