Galium odoratum • Sweet Woodruff • In the Kitchen

Can be added to beverages, custard based desserts and to yogurts.

May Sorbet

Ingredients

• 60 ml dried sweet woodruff
• 240 ml ginger ale
• 240 ml white wine
• 720 ml water
• 180 ml sugar
• Peel of 1⁄2 lemon
• 240 ml chopped strawberries

Instructions

• Combine the sweet woodruff, the ginger ale and the white wine in a non aluminum covered container
• Let sit at room temperature for 2 days
• Stir periodically
• Strain out sweet woodruff and discard
• Place the sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar
• Add lemon peel, cover with a pan and let steep for 30 minutes
• Remove the peel and discard
• Combine the sugar water and the sweet woodruff-steeped wine
• Add the strawberries and freeze

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