Carolina Gonzalez

Herbal Sugar

Since tomorrow is Valentine’s day, I thought it would be nice to share an extra sweet recipe – Herbal Sugar. This recipe can be made with white sugar, brown sugar, or fructose sugar as this one you see. Actually, even honey would be used.

You must powder in a grinder the following herbs:
- A teacup of lavender flowers;
- Two sticks of Indian cinnamon;
- Seven cardamom pods;
- Half a teacup of dry ginger (or two spoons if you have it already powdered);

- A 2-inch piece from a fresh vanilla seed pod – this ingredient is not powdered, and must be retired once the product is ready because its scent would overpower the rest;

Mix well with around a pound of your chosen sugar, and let sit on a dark, cool place for three months at least. It will be perfect to sweeten tea, coffee, herbal infusions and even your bakery! It has sedative and restorative properties – but honestly, it is the scent what will make you become addicted to it!

Other herbs/seeds that can be added at your taste: jasmine flowers, orange flowers, rose petals, violet flowers, lemon balm, lemon verbena, star anise, liquorice root, fennel seeds – the possibilities are endless! Also, it is a very unexpensive gift – we made a whole batch and gave jars to everyone at Christmas. It was a great success!

This recipe also has a magical use – sweetening spells, called endulzamientos in Spanish. Sweetening spells are made when situations are too harsh between people, and trust and love must be restored. Also, it can be used as an ingredient on more complex love spells and potions. A perfect magical craft for Valentine’s Day!

(Source: houseofeleggua.com)