Lemon Balm Uses
It's growing like a weed, and has a wonderful smell just wondering what I can use it for in the kitchen?
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- Make a pesto out of it. Goes well with fish and chicken
- Use it in a Mediterranean-style stuffing, along with feta cheese, garlic and sundried tomatoes
- Rip up and toss through salads
- Make a herbal tea
- Make ice cream
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Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), a member of the mint family, is considered a calming herb. It was used as far back as the Middle Ages to reduce stress and anxiety, promote sleep, improve appetite, and ease pain and discomfort from indigestion (including gas and bloating, as well as colic).10 Benefits Of Lemon Balm
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Make jelly. I can't remember the recipe exactly, but it's something along the lines of:
- juice and zest a couple of lemons
- steep lemonbalm and lemon zest in hot water to extract the flavour
- mix infusion and lemon juice together
- sweeten to taste
- add gelatine
- pour into suitable vessels, chill to set
- eat
The lemonbalm gives you a different kind of lemonyness than lemons alone do, so the resulting jelly has a deeper flavour.
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