Cooking with Cannabis Terpenes – Recipe Ideas for Yummy Edibles

Home cooking enthusiasts who have discovered cannabis terpenes and have included them in their cooking began rapidly growing in numbers. With over 100 different terpenes from cannabis known to exist, the options to enhance existing dishes or create entirely new ones are vast.

Choosing the Right Ingredients

Knowing where to begin with a recipe, given the number of options available, may seem daunting. However, there are some fundamental principles to consider before cooking up your next edible. Recipes that include oils such as olive or coconut oil are ideal because they activate the THC and other compounds. Some recipes include foods like waffles, smoothies, pancakes, and something such as a salad with infused dressing. The key is understanding which strains of terpenes will bring out the prominent flavor of your dish, which can take some tinkering before you get it right.

For example, Limonene has a citrusy flavor to it and would go well with oysters and scallops. Myrcene has more of an herb taste to it and goes well with dishes like spinach quiche or mushroom risotto. It is recommended that you use high-quality oils and butter to obtain the tastiest results. Use Greek olive oil over Italian olive oil because it has a less grassy note which does not combine well with cannabis. Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter is a must due to its soft and creamy texture, which will provide your infusion with the same characteristics.

Some Recipe Ideas

Here are some fantastic recipe ideas to get the creative juices flowing to turn them into your own great recipe!

• Pumpkin Roll

If you have not experienced a pumpkin roll, adding a sweet terpene such as pinene, will blow you away. You can follow just about any recipe out there for pumpkin rolls, but you will need the necessary ingredients such as pumpkin, sugar, flour, butter, and to top it off, cream cheese frosting. First, let the block of cream cheese warm to room temperature and beat together with one cup of powdered sugar, add one splash of vanilla extract, and a stick of butter that you can replace with cannabutter. Top it off with some sweet pinene terpene, and you have yourself a fantastic dessert.

• Mac and Cheese

A far simpler dish to conjure up is mac and cheese with some Ingrid terpene to really enhance the cheese flavor. What you will need is replace the typical butter with 1-2 teaspoons of cannabutter. Place the mac and cheese in a baking dish, add breadcrumbs, and bake to get a crispy top. This is where you will add a few drops of our cheese terpenes to enhance the flavor.

• Sugar Cookies

Cookies are fantastic for all occasions, but sugar cookies on Christmas is a classic treat. To make some traditional Christmas sugar cookies, mix 1 cup of butter or cannabutter, 1 cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, 2.5 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, and one 1 teaspoon of salt. What terpene goes well with sugar cookies? Fittingly, Girl Scout Cookie terpenes for that extra sweetness. After mixing, let the dough chill for about 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and roll out the dough onto a floured surface. Use your favorite cookie cutters or just cut them by hand, and cook for about ten minutes. Leave a few cookies out for Santa to avoid getting coal in your stocking.

• Cannabis Chili

Chili is an easy dish to whip up and a favorite by many. This is another dish where cheese terpenes are a fantastic flavor enhancer and will take your chili to the next level. First, begin dicing an onion and a couple of cloves of garlic into a dish. Heat two tablespoons of cannabis-infused olive oil or cannabutter into a pot over medium heat, and sauté the onion and garlic together. Once cooked, add one pound of ground beef and cook until golden brown. Then add a packet of spices of your preference, some kidney beans, and a can of diced tomatoes. Let your concoction simmer for a while, then throw it in a crockpot on low heat.

Conclusion

Always follow this basic rule; start low and go slow. If you are inexperienced with cannabis and its effects on you, start with a very low dose and give the results time to manifest. If you find the experience to be positive, then you can up the dose slowly until you achieve the desired effect. Aside from that, experiment away as you would with any other dish.