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Candied Flowers
Most of you may already know that there are a lot of flowers that are edible in some way, either as compliments to a salad, or infused with tea, But what if you have a sweet-tooth? So we have created a guide which will tell you all the instructions you will need to create your own delicious, edible candied flowers!
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Before we get started, make sure you have all of the necessary ingredients for making your candied flowers:
ingredients:
- ·Fresh edible flowers (Roses in this example)
- ·1 egg
- ·Superfine sugar
Equipment :
- ·Paper towels
- ·Small, thin tipped paintbrush
- ·chopping board/wax paper
- ·Mixing bowl
- ·Scissors
- ·Sieve
- ·whisk
Step 1 – preparing the flowers:
- ·Carefully cut the flowers as close to the stem as possible, but trying your best not to take any stem along with it.
- ·Next, place the flowers in the sieve and wash thoroughly with cold tap water.
- ·Place the cleaned flowers on the paper towels and leave to naturally dry, while drying, you can move onto the next step.
- Step 2 – Preparing the egg:
- ·Carefully beat the egg in the mixing bowl with the whisk.
- ·If necessary, add a small amount of water to make it mix easier.
- ·Mix until there are no “jelly” like areas left in the egg, you want a smooth paste.
Step 3 – coating the petals
- ·Hold each flower individually one at a time
- ·using the paintbrush, gently “paint” the beaten egg onto the flowers petals, covering them completely
Step 4 – adding the sugar
- ·Holding the flower over the sugar, take some sugar in your finger tips, and sprinkle the sugar onto the flower
- ·If after a few minutes, the sugar looks like it has disappeared, it would have absorbed, so sprinkle more onto them and shake off any excess
- Step 5 – Drying
Simply leave your flowers to dry on the chopping board or wax paper, and this should take around 12-36 hours.
Step 6 – Enjoy!
When dry, your candied flowers are ready to be eaten, so you can now enjoy your home made, home grown flower candy!