Wild Violet Ardor: Whipped Honey Butter
Today we associate this demure little beauty with primness and old lady perfumes – but it has not always been so – in ancient Greece its aroma was said to “torment young men beyond endurance” and it was used by courtesans to scent their breath and erogenous zones. Affiliated with Venus and love from time immemorial, the violet (according to the American Violet Society) was the original official flower of Valentines Day – not the rose.
This recipe is inspired by the old herbal custom of infusing violets in honey. This enhances its aromatic flavours and nervine and aphrodisiac effects – which explains why it was included in many a potion for love and fertility!
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~ Danielle Prohom Olson, Gather Wild Food | Magical Cookery