Title: Steamed Lavender Chicken or Rabbit
Categories: Game Entree Chicken
Yield: 4 Servings

		Few sprigs flowering lavender
4		Chicken or rabbit portions
2	tb	Butter
1	tb	Flour
		Salt and pepper

Put a few sprigs of flowering lavender in the bottom of a steamer and place the chicken or rabbit portions in the top. Steam for 20 to 30 minutes, until the meat is just tender; it should still be nice and juicy. Keep warm.

Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Pour in enough of the lavender-flavored water from the steamer to give a sauce of the consistency you like, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Season to taste.

Slice the meat and serve, covered in pale lavender sauce. Decorate each portion with a sprig of flowering lavender.

Leggatt writes: "Crunchy broccoli and wild rice go well with this aromatic dish."

From _Cooking with Flowers_ by Jenny Leggatt. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1987. ISBN 0-449-90252-8. Pg. 91. Typed for you by Cathy Harned.

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