There are many flower-based recipes to start cooking with nasturtium, pansy, poet’s carnation, begonia, primrose, marigold, lavender, sage. We offer you recipes because, beyond their ornamental virtues, flowers are eaten. Beneficial for health (trace elements, minerals, in particular), they have been used in dishes since Antiquity. No need to be a starred chef to concoct an original and tasty dish.
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Recipes Using Flowers: Begonia Soup
Want an excellent, comforting, and original soup? Dare the begonia soup. To make this slightly lemony dish:
- 200g begonia leaves and flowers
- One onion
- 200g potatoes
- 200g zucchini
- 1 liter of broth
Preparation
Start by browning the onion with olive oil before sweating your begonia flowers. Add the cubed potatoes and the zucchini in sections. Mix well, and after 5 minutes, pour the broth. After cooking for 20 minutes, season your soup with a pinch of powdered ginger and mix. If you like it, add two tablespoons of fresh cream.
Flower-Based Recipes: Daisy Puree
Need simplicity without departing from a touch of originality? Get started on the daisy puree with an excellent peppery taste. For four people, you will need:
- Four potatoes
- 400g daisies (flowers and leaves)
- Butter or fresh cream
Preparation
Wash the greens. Peel the potatoes. In a saucepan with salted water, cook the vegetables for 20 minutes before draining them and passing them through a vegetable mill, not a blender. Reheat if necessary and serve with a piece of butter or fresh cream.
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Flower-Based Recipes: Borage Liqueur
Try the borage liqueur with its iodized taste in a blue flower mood. We need:
- 60g of borage flowers
- One mandarin quartered
- 75 cl of gin
- 40 cl cane sugar syrup
Preparation
Put the flowers and the mandarin in a bottle of gin. After eight days, filter this liquid and add cane sugar syrup. You have to wait about three months before enjoying your liqueur.
Flower-Based Recipes: Zucchini Flower Fritters
Zucchini lover or lover, try the fries made with zucchini flowers sautéed in the pan. For four people, provide the following:
- Eight flowers (of those that do not produce fruit)
- Two tablespoons of flour
- Two eggs
- 10 cl icy sparkling mineral water
Preparation
Remove the pistils and wash the flowers gently. Mix the flour, eggs and water with a mixer. Dip the flowers in the batter and brown them in olive oil for 3 minutes. Drain on absorbent paper and salt.
Recipes Using Flowers: Crystallized Rose Petals
In search of something a little more romantic and original… Why not crystallize rose petals? However, you must ensure the roses have not been chemically treated. For four people :
- One rose
- 250g granulated sugar
- Two egg whites
Preparation
Tear off the rose petals. Whip the egg whites very stiff. Dip the rose petals in the egg white, then in the granulated sugar, and place on a plate. You will then let them harden for 2 to 3 hours on parchment paper.
Flower-Based Recipes: Poppy Syrup
If you want to leave a beautiful memory after this romantic meal, offer a bottle of poppy syrup. But you must be sure that the poppies have not been chemically treated. For a capacity of one liter of syrup:
- 500g poppy flowers
- 500 gr of sugar
- 175cl of water
Preparation
Start by macerating the flowers in 50 cl of boiling water for 24 hours. Filter this mixture and, next to it, dissolve the sugar in another 125ml of boiling water. You will add this mixture to the strained liquid from the poppies. Once cooled, all you have to do is find a nice bottle to hold your delicious syrup.
Flower Recipes: Lavender Chicken
To dream of Provence, nothing like a chicken with lavender. For four people :
- Four chicken breasts
- 150cl chicken broth
- Two tablespoons of honey
- One lemon: juice and zest
- One tablespoon of dried lavender flowers
Preparation
Marinate the chicken breasts for 30 minutes with all the ingredients. Salt, pepper and brown the chicken with the oil in a casserole dish for 45 minutes, and turn the chicken often or in the oven at 200°C. Serve with fried potatoes.
