Pea Shoot Sugar: How to Make Botanical Infused Sugar

Pea shoot sugar is a lightly herbal infused sugar that captures the fresh, green flavor of young pea shoots. It’s an easy way to preserve spring herbs and adds a subtle botanical sweetness to tea, yogurt, baked goods, and cocktails. With just two ingredients, this infused sugar becomes a unique seasonal pantry staple.

What is Pea Shoot Sugar?

Pea shoot sugar is made by blending sugar and dried pea shoots. This creates a naturally green, botanical flavored sugar perfect for adding color and fresh flavor to baked goods, cocktail rims and more!

What does Pea Shoot Sugar Taste Like?

Pea shoot sugar is of course sweet, with an added fresh, grassy flavor, an dash of herbs and finishes on a bright note.

Pea shoots are not savory, they are delicate and floral.

How to Use Pea Shoot Sugar:

• Use it to create sugar coated rim for a cocktail glass.
• Sprinkle over cookies like these Meyer Lemon Cookies with Lemon Glaze to add a stunning natural green color and botanical flavor
• Add to whipped cream.

More about Pea Shoots: Where to buy, Creative Kitchen Uses and Growing Tips

My helpful guide covers everything from buying pea shoots, proper storage and of course tons of recipe ideas and kitchen uses. Pea Shoots: How to Use, Cook, and Preserve Pea Shoots + Recipes

Ingredients for Pea Shoot Sugar:

The ingredients are simple for this botanical infused sugar, dried pea shoots blended with sugar.

White sugar

Pea Shoots

How to Store Pea Shoot Sugar:

After blending store pea shoot sugar for several weeks in tightly sealed glass jar.

Why Make a Pea Shoot Sugar?

This recipe is great for preserving the flavor of seasonal herbs. This sugar can be used again and again to add a dash of botanical flavor to drinks, baked goods and sauces when needed.

Preserving seasonal flavors in sugar allows you to add flavor without adding liquid to certain recipes.

The pea sugar makes a beautiful, edible gift, given on it’s own or as part of a gift basket.

This sugar elevates simple recipes, as it is a unique ingredient and definitely a conversation starter.

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