During our 18 hrs of lights out, I spent most of it reading through Full Moon Feast by Jessica Prentice. I’ve had the book for a while, but it never appealed to me very much. It’s a bit “out there” and I’ve had a bit of trouble “following” her thought process. Basically, she talks about the different moon phases and different cultures and food, but since I really didn’t get it…I could be wrong!
I do think that some of her recipes are worth trying, but not for the price of the book. It’s truly not a recipe book, although she has plenty of them, but mainly her thoughts on the moon! I told you I didn’t “get” it. The only one I really “got” was the Blood Moon….The Hired Hand sorta screwed his face and asked…Blood Moon? Yeah, you know The Harvest Moon is referred to as Blood Moon. And she chose that chapter to talk about the harvesting of animals. Get it? Blood.
Anyway, I did find one recipe that caught my eye; Sourdough Cheese Herb Scones. For some reason every time I looked at the recipe I thought of using Lavender….so I did. Especially since I’ve always wanted to cook with Lavender, but haven’t until now…..oh, what time I’ve wasted. I also used a little more sharp cheddar goat cheese and baked it longer.
Sorry that the center of my scones was snitched…I remembered a pic after I tested a piece for doneness.
Here’s my revised version, which I’m calling Sourdough Lavender Scones.
1 C sourdough ( I used my batch that was part WW)
1/4 C lard
1/4 C unbleached white flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbsp arrowroot powder
1/2 C grated sharp cheddar goat cheese (the sharp taste was very desirable)
2 large pinches using all your fingers of lavender ( I think thyme would of been a good companion, but I wasn’t running out in the snow to cut some!)
Preheat oven to 375* and melt a good amount (2-4 Tbsp lard) in a cast iron skillet (10″) (I put my skillet in the oven while it was heating to melt the lard)
Mix together all the ingredients with a fork or pastry cutter. Make sure you rub the herbs between your hands to release the oils. Do not over mix. I used a 1/4 C measure to scoop large portions out into 5 balls placed around the skillet. When it bakes the scones will form the wedge shapes.
Bake for 35-45 min’s.
The scones were so delicious right out of the oven. They had the nicest crispy crunch to them after baking. The next morning after sitting in a baggie, they were soggy. I’d suggest baking them right before serving, with or without butter! With or without breakfast!
Thumbs up delicious!!!
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Charlotte, yes, I’d love to have some or your recipes. I’ll email you so you can send them to me….and who knows….I just might post them and give you interneting fame! Yes, I miss my spunk too….it’s so hard to write when it’s just not there. But I feel it coming back. Little by little.
It sounds great — I never knew you could eat lavender though. Will have to try — after… I make some more starter. It molded on me == don’t know what I did wrong. Never had that happen. But easy enough to make – at least in the summer. Winter in my cool house may be iffy. But will try.
I’m a fan of lavender, it’s one of the integral components of the “Americanized version” of Herbes de Provence, you know! ;-P
I have a few baking recipes using lavender, let me know if your interested and I’ll be happy to share. I’m glad your feeling better, I missed that spunk that is you.
I’m praying this morning Pam that you will be safe. These storms remind me of the weather when I was a kid in the 60′s.
No rise time Melissa, that’s what makes them so easy and yummy. Instant gratification!
Ooooh!!! I want one of those RIGHT NOW! I’ll be trying these soon… good thing I’ve got some starter that I just fed. : ) Did you allow them any rise time?
Sounds great, looks delicious!!
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Don’t you just love revising recipes
I’m still working on that 3 Grain bread recipe…first attempt to make it soaked grain was so so, and not worthy of posting on. Though I’m still eating it.
Hunkering down for what they are calling the storm that will go down in the record books. Our area is predicted for 10 -14 inches snow, some ice and 25 – 40 mph. over a slow period.
You can read about my weekend…just posted it.
It’s a very fine line when detoxing…too much too fast can be too much! Glad you are getting some guidance.
This looks delicious! Joel and I are in the process of making homemade chicken soup and a good hunk of bread would be so good with it.
By the way, thanks again. My NAET practitioner treated me for gallbladder today and cutting out the detox cowden herbs helped things settle a bit…waiting for the break-stone to arrive this week.
God bless.