How to Make Vegetables Look Like Flowers
Vegetable flowers are one of the most popular ways to enhance a main course or a salad. You can even entice fussy eaters to enjoy a nutritious snack when you create mini-vegetable flowers. Transform ordinary vegetables into elegant edible flowers and place on a tray. Give these vegetable bouquets to family and friends and delight them with your new skills. Some flower garnishes are very easy to make, while others take patience and practice to master the technique. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Cutting Board
- Carrots
- Knife
- Spray bottle
- Radish
- Turnip
- Red or yellow food coloring
- Small bowl
- Serving platter
Instructions
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Select the vegetables that you will be using and wash them thoroughly under your kitchen faucet. Use paper towels to dry them.
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Create a carrot blossom. Remove the peel from your carrot with a vegetable peeler. Cut the ends of the carrots. Cut the carrot into 1-inch-long pieces. Place each carrot piece on top of a cutting board with the widest ends facing up. Use your knife to hollow out an X on the top of this piece so that you have grooves that resemble 4 peaks. Shape the peaks of the X so that they look like flower petals. Carve out the middle. Toss the carrot pieces into a pot of boiling salted water for about 8 minutes. Carrots should be firm but still soft. Put carrots in iced water immediately and drain well. Adorn your lovely carrot blossoms with parsley.
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Create a radish rose. Slice off the ends of the radish. Cut a thin line down the side of the radish but don't cut any further than halfway down the radish's side. Repeat the same technique on the rest of the three sides of the radish. Put the radish in a bowl filled with cold water so that the radish petals open up slightly. Pierce the radish rose with a wooden skewer and set it back in the bowl of water. Drain well before serving.
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Slice the top off of a turnip. Cut the end of the turnip until it's flat. Place the turnip on your cutting board with the flat side down. Cut the turnip into 1/8 thick slices. Place 15 slices on a flat surface so that the edges of each turnip slice overlap slightly. Roll these slices into a tight roll and hold it. Gently cut a thin slice at the end of your turnip roll so that it lies flat. Fill a small bowl with yellow or red food coloring. Dip the uncut end of your turnip rose into this bowl. Set your new turnip rose onto your serving plate.
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Arrange the rest of your vegetable flowers on a serving platter as you desire. Garnish your flowers with parsley or spinach leaves. Adding other raw vegetables such as small cherry tomatoes can add a dash of color to your serving tray.
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