Geranium Cream With Berries Recipes

Check your local farmers market or Chef's Garden (800-289-4644) for the geranium leaves or experiment with other leaves such as fresh basil or mint.

Yield Makes 6 dessert servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

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When I go to a farmers' market in summer, I can't resist buying more fruit than I need. I blame those cut fruit samples - one taste, and I'm filling my bag. Fruit from the market is already ripe, and there are times when I need to use up what I have. Smoothies are a great solution; you can blend a lot of fruit into one drink, more than you'd cut up and stir into your morning yogurt.This week I tried something different. I didn't use frozen bananas in these recipes, as I usually do for smoothies, and I decided not to use dairy. Some of this week's offerings are pure fruit and ice, sweetened with a rose geranium-infused syrup or agave nectar. When I needed to bulk up a smoothie or make it creamier, I used almond milk. Except for one made with dates and figs, you'll find these smoothies only moderately sweet. In all of them, you can really taste the fruit. Fragrant rose geranium is very easy to grow in pots, and a little goes a long way. I use it to make a syrup that I add to just about anything I make with berries.

Provided by Martha Rose Shulman

Categories     shakes and smoothies

Yield One serving

Number Of Ingredients 8

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