This simple scrambled eggs recipe lets the blossoms do all the heavy lifting in terms of the presentation & flavor wow factor…all you have to do is cook the eggs and let your brunch guests (or your own taste buds) rave about how brilliant you are. Ingredients:                       Makes 1 Serving 3 Eggs 4 Fresh …

Refreshing and citrusy, this cocktail is a perfect blend of tart and sweet. The pansy simple syrup adds an herby sweetness that tames the zing of the fresh orange juice & yuzu juice for a balanced flavor. Don’t have any oranges around? You can substitute pulp-free bottled orange juice. Ingredients:   Makes 1 Drink 2 oz …

We don’t cover all of our edible flower varieties in this post yet, but we’ve got most of them…especially the newer, more popular, useful and/or palatable varieties. “Floats” field definitions – “Flat” is ideal, the whole blossom is facing up, out of the water. “On Side” means that the blossom is turned on its side …

The lemon and lime slices, basil leaves, and dulce leaves & buttons create a bright, refreshing citrus flavor with an intriguing herbaceous quality. The addition of club soda at the end of this cocktail adds an extra effervescent tingle. We recommend not salting the rim for this margarita so that the flavors really shine. Ingredients:   …

Flower simple syrups add color and flavor to cocktails, sorbets, and other applications. Though the recipes below call for edible pansies, lavender buds, or edible roses/edible rose petals, you could likely use the same technique with other edible flowers if you experiment with making sugar pastes from them and the results are good. Fresh Rose …

Edible flower pastes are a great way to distill the flavors and colors of edible flowers into a form usable in simple syrups (how to make flower simple syrups), sorbets and compound butters (flavored butters).  Below you’ll find recipes for pansy paste and rose paste. Flower Paste Recipes: Pansy Paste Recipe Pansies have a delightful …

Edible Flowers Make Beautiful Presentations Easy Using edible flowers to add color and interesting shapes to your dishes is very easy. Position them on your plates, use them to decorate cakes or cupcakes, toss them in salads, or use them to build a display on one of your serving platters. Techniques How to Candy Flowers …

Squash blossoms (aka zucchini blossoms) are an edible flower popular amongst fine dining chefs as a natural wrapper for pan fried and deep fried fillings. Stuffed Squash Blossom Recipes to Try: Cheese Stuffed Squash Blossom Recipes: Ricotta, Herb & Lemon Squash Blossoms Goat Cheese, Almond, Cranberry & Honey Squash Blossoms Goat Cheese, Pine Nut, Orange …

Stuffing squash blossoms is one of the most common ways these delicious edible flowers are prepared.  Usually the filling has a cheese base, you can probably use any ricotta-based ravioli filling recipe for squash blossoms. Chefs most often use a pasty or piping bag, but you if you don’t have one on hand you could put the filling in …

How to Candy Flowers Flowers add bright color to desserts, cakes, and other plates.  For dishes where a little extra sweetness would be welcome, a great trick to increase their visual appeal is to candy them (candied flowers are also known as sugar glazed flowers or sometimes “crystallized flowers”).  To candy flowers you will need …