{"id":55886,"date":"2024-04-04T15:23:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/violet-syrup-recipe\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:28:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:28:45","slug":"violet-syrup-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/violet-syrup-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Violet syrup recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Temps de lecture\u00a0: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"55886\" class=\"elementor elementor-55886 elementor-49440\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76a2020 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76a2020\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0f0d64\" data-id=\"a0f0d64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9439d28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9439d28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #553426;\">A <strong>superb homemade syrup<\/strong> to try out in early spring, when the <strong>fragrant violets<\/strong> are in bloom. It produces a syrup that&#8217;s so bright pink it almost looks like cotton candy syrup, or that you&#8217;ve added coloring. But no, there&#8217;s no need &#8211; nature&#8217;s way of doing things.  <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #553426;\"><br>It&#8217;s a small flower, so picking can be time-consuming, so choose a place with plenty of violets.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80bed9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80bed9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13902dc\" data-id=\"13902dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdb2592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdb2592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn to recognize the fragrant violet and make your own homemade violet syrup.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-818415f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"818415f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b13f1a\" data-id=\"2b13f1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2f62a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e2f62a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Where can I find it?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0241a2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0241a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In undergrowth, at the edge of a forest or at the foot of a hedge, preferably in semi-shaded areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a58dd53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a58dd53\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb22b1a\" data-id=\"eb22b1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdc6949 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdc6949\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>How do you harvest it?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d09ea9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d09ea9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Respect the first rules of wild picking:<\/p><ul><li>Pick plants far from roads, non-organic agricultural fields and beaten tracks to avoid pollution and dog urine.<\/li><li>Never pick all the flowers, always leave 50%.<\/li><li>If there&#8217;s a bunch of 5 flowers, pick only 2-3, to leave some for the bees.<\/li><li>Harvest only open flowers.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa75f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fa75f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>How to recognize it?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd46025 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd46025\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33c1a91\" data-id=\"33c1a91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009ed71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"009ed71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tela-botanica.org\/2022\/03\/lespece-vegetale-de-la-semaine-7-violette-odorante-viola-odorata\/?mc_cid=0dfb456c25&#038;mc_eid=5b2ffa9749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sirop-de-violette2.jpg?fit=700%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-49445\" alt=\"recette du sirop de violette\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sirop-de-violette2.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sirop-de-violette2.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sirop-de-violette2.jpg?resize=600%2C424&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">superb botanical description of the fragrant violet on the Tela Botanica website<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d31d24b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d31d24b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"673b9ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf7cb6d\" data-id=\"bf7cb6d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b7b7f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b7b7f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c1a12d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c1a12d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>For 3-4dl syrup<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About 150 scented violet flowers<\/li>\n<li>Juice of half a lemon  <\/li>\n<li>90ml simmering water<\/li>\n<li>200ml cold water<\/li>\n<li>250g white sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66f55fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66f55fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>How to proceed:<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5dfe4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5dfe4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol>\n<li>After washing the violets with water, pour the lemon juice and simmering water over the flowers. Cover and leave to infuse overnight. <\/li>\n<li>Add cold water and heat gently until simmering.<\/li>\n<li>Filter through a sieve, pressing the flowers to extract fragrance &amp; color.<\/li>\n<li>Return to the pan, add the sugar and heat until dissolved.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Tips for a pink syrup: use white sugar and add lemon juice!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Violet syrup is perfect for sweetening water, yoghurt or even a fizzy drink!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8537547 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8537547\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd9be31\" data-id=\"cd9be31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b932ac6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b932ac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/produit\/cire-dabeille\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sirop-de-violette3.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-49447\" alt=\"recette du sirop de violette\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sirop-de-violette3.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sirop-de-violette3.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sirop-de-violette3.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sirop-de-violette3.jpg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a571ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a571ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30b35d6\" data-id=\"30b35d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1215c elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6d1215c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover other recipes on our blog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Temps de lecture\u00a0: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>A superb homemade syrup to try out in early spring, when the fragrant violets are in bloom. It produces a syrup that&#8217;s so bright pink it almost looks like cotton candy syrup, or that you&#8217;ve added coloring. But no, there&#8217;s no need &#8211; nature&#8217;s way of doing things. It&#8217;s a small flower, so picking can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":49443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138,5141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","category-zero-waste-tips"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sirop-de-violette.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55887,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55886\/revisions\/55887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lespaillettesvertes.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}