Lovage
/I love lovage! I freaking love it! I have been proselytizing about lovage for a long time and have maybe only won over just couple of folks! Loveage is a very potently flavored perennial version of celery. It’s an abundant plant that will form beautiful hedges that can grow up to six feet tall. The plant’s abundance is what makes it miss leading because its' flavor is so potent a few leaves is all you ever need in a dish! Even with my love of loveage I probably only use a few handfuls of it each year.
Used sparingly this herb can be quite delightful! My favorite thing to do with it is to make loveage lemonade! In fact it does well with all sorts of lemony flavors. A touch of lovage and lemon can spruce up a potato salad, or go excellent with a chicken or fish bake! Lovage is also an old fashioned ingredient to potato soup!
Pro tip: Lovage grows in thin hollow stems that make awesome edible straws for tomato juice, lemonade, or bloody Marrys. There is a hedge of lovage just outside the gate at our farm’s main site and you are welcome to pick your own!
Potato Pancakes with Lovage Puree and Kale Cabbage Slaw! Add prawns to make it a fancy Brunch!
Curried Goat with Lovage Tomato Sauce
Old Fashion Lovage Potato Soup
