الثلاثاء، 22 مارس 2011

Scented Geraniums


Scented Geraniums................


It is easy to see why the Victorians were so smell like geraniums. Bursting with the scent of citrus fruits, rose, mint and spices, this South African plant easily grown in and provide an olfactory treat winter-weary gardeners. They are also good at culinary uses, such as herbal-scented sugar.

Scented geraniums were so named in the 1600s and were designated by mistake since. Part of the family Geraniaceae, geranium smell really geraniums and for their aromatic leaves, delicate flowers not grown. There are more than 200 varieties of this beautiful facility, all scented with enticing names like much Apple fringe ',' Peppermint Lace ',' Prince of Orange 'and' Rober's Lemon Rose. "

Infusion of the leaf oils in the diet is the most successful way to get the taste of foods with a geranium smell, and one of the easiest ways to do this is with a simple syrup. Measure equal parts sugar and water in a saucepan and place on high heat without stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Reduce heat and simmer until the mixture is thick, more, about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from heat and add 1 cup cleaned geranium leaves. Can remove the leaves to steep for up to an hour, leaves, and store syrup in the refrigerator covered up to two weeks

Sugar flavor with fragrant geranium leaves is another way to cook with their subtle fragrance. Cleaned and dried Add nutmeg, "" Chocolate Mint 'or' Ginger 'leaves brown muscovado sugar let light, cover and sit down to a week. Remove leaves and sprinkle flavored sugar on top of baked goods before they go into the oven. Rose scented leaves can be treated with sugar and used to sweeten whipped cream and hot tea in the same way.

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