rose – The Herbal Bake Shoppe https://theherbalbakeshoppe.com Bringing herbalism & baking together Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:05:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Episode 005: Materia Medica: Rose https://theherbalbakeshoppe.com/episode-005-materia-medica-rose/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:05:46 +0000 https://theherbalbakeshoppe.com/?p=2537

Big Love to You!

Materia Medica is a fancy way of telling a plant’s story and the herbal monograph documents it in an organized way. In this episode I share my own monograph on roses.

You can find the full rose profile HERE

Quick episode recap:
* Materia Medica and herbal monograph introduction
* considerations for growing roses for medicine
* where to buy
* edible roses
* herbal rose preparations
* specific indications for roses as medicines

Energetics: unique characteristics of a plant including color, taste, smell, texture, whether hot or cold; dry or moist.

Sources:

dried rose petals
dried rose hips

Please SHARE this episode with someone who may also be fascinated by herbal medicine. Help me to spread my passion for kitchen medicine and make everyone’s home a place of herbal wisdom. ?✨

Ways to subscribe to An Herbal Diary
* Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcast (iTunes)
* Click here to subscribe via Stitcher
* You can also subscribe via Google Play Music
* You can also subscribe via Spotify

Original music composed by Dylan Rice — singer, songwriter, guitarist.

Please be in touch!

Subscribe to my newsletter. Send me a question. Leave a comment on this episode. I would absolutely love to know you better and learn about your own experiences with herbal medicine!

[gravityform id=”3″ title=”true” description=”true”] [gravityform id=”1″ title=”true” description=”true”] ]]> Rose Hip Syrup glazed Orange Cake https://theherbalbakeshoppe.com/recipe/rose-hip-syrup-glazed-orange-cake/ https://theherbalbakeshoppe.com/recipe/rose-hip-syrup-glazed-orange-cake/#respond Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:29:55 +0000 https://theherbalbakeshoppe.com/?post_type=recipe&p=2472
rose hip orange cakerose hip orange cake
dried rose hipsdried rose hips
rose hip syrup ingredientsrose hip syrup ingredients
rose hip syrup glazerose hip syrup glaze
rose hip syrup over orange cakerose hip syrup over orange cake
rose hip orange petit foursrose hip orange petit fours

Citrus in winter, or any gray day, extends a hand of sunny brightness. I remember watching Florida sunshine TV commercials for oranges in the midst of my childhood Pittsburgh winter dread. These made me want to go to Florida much more than want to eat an orange. Still, I have a strong association with citrus fruit and the sun. Maybe it’s the colors, vivid orange, yellow, pink, so much like how I think of the sun. Perhaps it’s the crisp, sparkly flavor with a perfect sweet and sour balance that has a cheer-up effect similar to feeling the sun warm on my face after a long winter. I’m sure I first heard about Vitamin C in context of oranges being its best source.

The food industry has changed dramatically from the time I was first associating oranges and sun together. But citrus fruits seem to have retained there relationship to sunshine. They have, though, lost their place as best Vitamin C source to rosehips.

Rosehips, which appear in late summer or early autumn as lovely rose flowers begin to fade, take on the role of a rose’s fruit. Their concentration of Vitamin C is extremely high with additional nutritional benefits from flavonoids and antioxidants. Rosehips’ mildly sweet, mostly tangy flavor lends super well to jams, jellies, preserves, syrups and pies.

So, combine rose hip with orange and get sunshine and nutrients. I flavored this orange cake with the juice and grated rind of a dazzling, deep pink blood orange then spooned a concentrated rose hip syrup over the top allowing it to soak in, just like the sun.

It may sound complicated, but it was not! I used dried rose hips that I bought from Mountain Rose Herbs, as obviously here at the end of winter there are no fresh available. I hope you give it a try and leave me a note to tell me if you feel a little brighter!

Rose Hip Syrup glazed Orange Cake
When gray days spark the need for sunshine, these little cake slices with a hot cup of tea could be the answer. A sweet rose hip syrup glaze takes the place of the more traditional icing and adds a dose of vitamin C along with its flavor.
Servings Prep Time
32small triangles 25-30minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30minutes 30 minutes to prepare rose hip tea
Servings Prep Time
32small triangles 25-30minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30minutes 30 minutes to prepare rose hip tea
Ingredients
For rose hip tea
  • 1/4cup dried rose hips
  • 1 1/4cup (300ml) water
For orange cake
  • 1 cup (125g) organic all-purpose flour, sifted
  • 3 1/2teaspoons baking powder
  • 2sticks (1/2lb) organic unsalted butter
  • 5 organic eggs, separated
  • 1cup (200g) organic granulated sugar
  • 1 orange, grated rind and juiceblood orange if available
  • 1/8teaspoon salt
For rose hip syrup
  • 1cup (240ml) rose hip tea
  • 1cup (240ml) water
  • 1cup (200g) organic granulated sugar
  • 2teaspoons rose water
Instructions
For rose hip tea
  1. Tea can be prepared 1-2 days in advance and stored in covered jar in the refrigerator.
  2. Combine dried rose hips and water in small saucepan. Bring to gentle boil over medium low heat. Cover, remove from heat and steep for 30 minutes.
  3. Strain rose hip tea into a glass measuring cup. Use a fine mesh strainer lined with a cheese cloth cut to drape over the edges of the strainer. Measure tea to assure that you have 1 cup. If you have more, return to saucepan and simmer to reduce to 1 cup. If you have less, add more water to reach 1 cup level.
For orange cake
  1. Adjust oven rack to center of oven. Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare a 9-inch square baking pan by buttering all over.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder. Set aside
  3. Melt butter in small saucepan or microwave and set aside to cool slightly while mixing egg yolks and sugar.
  4. Separate eggs, place egg yolks in bowl of electric mixer, reserve egg whites to beat separately. With whisk attachment, beat yolks on medium speed just to combine.
  5. With mixer running, gradually add sugar, scraping down sides as needed to combine completely with yolks. Beat for 5 minutes until mixed well and slightly paler in color.
  6. Stir in melted butter, grated orange rind and orange juice by hand, then whisk for a minute with electric mixer.
  7. Add flour and baking powder mixer. Mix on lowest speed until flour is just incorporated. Remove from mixer and transfer to large bowl.
  8. Clean mixer bowl and whisk attachment completely and dry. Combine egg whites and salt in mixer bowl and beat on high until egg whites hold stiff peaks.
  9. Fold 1 cup beaten egg whites into batter to lighten. Then gradually add remaining egg whites, folding gently, until just combined well.
  10. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes in preheated oven until tester comes out clean.
  11. Cool orange cake in pan on wire rack. Prepare rose hip tea and syrup while cake is cooling. Spoon hot syrup all over cooled cake allowing to soak in and adding more syrup as it soaks into cake. You may have a bit of extra syrup.
  12. Allow cake to stand a bit as syrup soaks in completely, then cut into small diamond or triangle shapes. Store covered with plastic wrap or in covered container.
For rose hip syrup
  1. Combine rose hip tea, water and sugar in small saucepan. Bring to boil over medium heat. Boil 10 minutes uncovered. Stir in rose water.
Recipe Notes

*Using organic ingredients whenever possible will make your baked goods all the more nourishing. For this cake, use organic butter, sugar, eggs, flour and orange if available.

Dried rose hips can be purchased from online source such as Mountain Rose Herbs or Rosemary's Garden. Rose water can also be purchased online.

]]> https://theherbalbakeshoppe.com/recipe/rose-hip-syrup-glazed-orange-cake/feed/ 0