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Simple Uses for Lovage

 

When you have a large crop of lovage from the garden or farmstand, you don't have time to casually include it in complicated recipes or to frantically figure out how to use it up before it goes bad without getting sick of it.  You want to make the most of your harvest and to actually enjoy it.


Here at Plant to Plate, we like to keep things simple!  Here are some of my favorite ways to use or preserve lovage:


  • Pair it with nettles such as stinging nettle and dead nettle in a variety of culinary and herbal preparations.



  • Stirfry it with stinging nettle and leeks or scallions (green onions).

  • Bake it with beef and Jerusalem artichokes.  Add cheese, sour cream, and/or onions if desired.


  • Bake it with chicken, pork, lamb, or fish dishes.

  • Grill it with mushrooms.

  • Roast it with beets and feta.

  • Add it to quickbreads, muffins, and other savory baked goods.

  • Add it to egg dishes such as scrambles and quiches.

  • Add it to sauces.

  • Add it to hot grains such as oats, rice, and buckwheat.



  • Add it to other soups and broths.  The whole plant, both above- and below-ground parts, can be added to soups, stews, and broths.

  • Top a baked, mashed, or steamed potato with it.



  • Make a pesto with lovage, cashews, and parmesan.

  • Make a pesto with lovage, walnuts, garlic, and parmesan.

  • Add it to other pestos, including otherwise traditional pesto.

  • Make a creative hummus with lovage, chickpeas, beets, and garlic.  Blend and combine in a food processor.



  • Add it to other salads.

  • Make infused vinegar.  Lovage-infused vinegar makes a tasty salad dressing.  Lovage can be infused in vinegar by itself or with other herbs such as lemon balm and garlic.

  • Make infused oil.

  • Make a tea.  Lovage is best suited for an infusion.

  • Make a tincture with the roots.  An herb:solvent weight ratio of 1:5 at 50% alcohol is suggested for a lovage root tincture.



  • Chop and freeze it as another way to preserve it.



Further Reading

Growing lovage?  Check out these quick facts like its best growing conditions, companion plants, and expected yields.


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