Edible sugar flowers

Ever since Dino Boy ate some red flowers from his Nana's pineapple sage...

{they taste a little like honey *smile*}

 

...he has loved asking me which flowers he can eat

 

 

So when I was looking through my new book Gifts from the Garden

{a lovely present from my mum}

 

...and was reminded that you can crystallise edible flowers

using an egg white and caster sugar....

we couldn't resist!

We used rose petals and pansies 

...which were free from pesticides

Dino Boy lightly whisked an egg yolk with a dash of cold water

And then carefully painted the flowers with the egg white

Before dusting them lightly {ok, heavily!}

with caster sugar... using a tea strainer

Then we left them to dry...

Once dry, we adorned our buckwheat shortbread with the tasty and pretty morsels

Which we enjoyed with freshly made lemonade *smile*

Happy days,
Kelly