Imagine beautiful floral ice cubes floating in a tall glass of homemade lemonade. So pretty right? Excuse me, while I go get myself a glass.
Guess what? You don't have to be a culinary genius to create them.You can make these amazing floral ice cubes yourself with a few simple things.
Image: Edible Flowers
The key? Use only edible flowers. The kind that are sold in food stores and green markets. They may cost a little more than you think they should. But I promise you,they're worth every scent cent.
The flowers sold at flower shops like Fly Me To The Moon Florists are intended for decoration only. So don't even think about putting them in ice cubes.
Here's How to Make Floral Ice Cubes From Edible Flowers:
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Materials Needed
Distilled water (so the ice cubes will be clear)
Edible flowers of your choice
Large ice cube tray (for bigger cubes that will last longer)
Directions:
1. Rinse all the flowers gently and remove any stems.
2. Fill the ice tray 1/4 full with the water, add flowers and freeze. Fill halfway and freeze again. Then fill to the top with water and freeze again.
3. Place in clear glasses with your favorite cool beverage and serve.
How Do Edible Flowers Taste?
Here's a link to an edible flower chart below. It lists various edible flowers, their botanical names and comments about how they taste.
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Have you ever made floral ice cubes? Would you try it? I'd reallylike tio know.
Mimi
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Have been seeing these ice cubes around, but always wonder how they'd actually taste? They DO glam up your party drinks, though!
Posted by: Lissa | 07/16/2012 at 10:35 AM
Lissa, that's a great question. As a result, I have updated the original post with a link to an edible flower chart that comments on the taste of several of them. Here's the link http://bit.ly/NhXUYv
Posted by: Mimi | 07/18/2012 at 11:39 AM