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       Title: NICHOLS PLANT DAY LAVENDER ICE CREAM
  Categories: Desserts
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
       1 pt Vanilla ice cream; high
            -quality w/real vanilla
       1 tb Candied ginger; fine chopped
       1 dr Nichols Northwest Lavender
            -Oil (or use alternate)
 
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       2 tb Fresh lavender blossoms
       2 tb Sugar
     1/2 c  Whipping cream
  
   “We serve lavender ice cream every Plant Day to appreciative oohs and
   ahs. We only recommend Nichols Northwest lavender oil, for we know it
   to be of the highest purity. This novel easy dessert provides merry
   entertainment as friends guess the flavor.”
   
   Mince ginger; if it is hard to handle, sprinkle with a little sugar.
   Place slightly softened ice cream in the chilled bowl of a heavy duty
   mixer or food processor with ginger and a single drop of lavender
   oil. Mix until flavors are blended, taste and add an additional drop
   if you want a more intense flavor. Place ice cream in covered
   container and refreeze for at least one hour before serving.
   
   ALTERNATIVE TO LAVENDER OIL:
   Add fresh lavender blossoms and sugar to whipping cream. In a small
   saucepan slowly heat, not to boiling, but hot to the touch. Remove
   from heat and allow to steep and cool for 15 minutes. Strain and
   chill and add to ice cream as described above.
   
   Source: Basic Herb Cookery by Rose Marie Nichols McGee and N.P.
   Nichols, of the Nichols Garden Nursery. Northwest Lavender Oil is
   available from them for $6.50/ half ounce. Nichols Garden Nursery,
   1190 N. Pacific Highway NE, Albany, Oregon 97321-4580 (541-928-9280).
  
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