Rose Lovers

Cut Roses  To  Cooking

Roses are best known as ornamental plants grown for their flowers in the garden and sometimes indoors. They have also been used for commercial perfumery and commercial cut flower crops. Some are used as landscape plants, for hedging etc. 

Rose water, made as a byproduct of rose oil production, is widely used in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine.

The rose hips the fruit of some species, is used as a secondary source of Vitamin C. Rose hips can make a good jam, jelly and marmalade and rose hips are brewed for tea because of their high vitamin C content. (wkp)

Roses can be used for flavouring syrup, such as rose cordial.  In my kitchen, I use the petals for garnishes and for cooking.  Apple - Rose Petal Muffin is one of them.

This cooking is dedicated to all rose lovers, I invite you all to celebrate the beauty of roses not only for flower arrangement, the fragrances,  adorning the gardens but also for indulging our palates. 

Cooking with roses from sweet drinks to cakes or dessert.  Today is about cooking with rose petals for muffins.

Recipe

Apple and Rose Petal Muffins
Makes 12

Ingredients
2 cups self-rising flour

Rose petal syrup and 1red apple
(1cup red rose petal, 2/3 cup white sugar
1 table lemon juice 3 cloves)
Place the above ingredients in a pot, cook to simmer
Cover the pan and cook for 8 minutes, over very low heat
Add in the chopped apple continue cooking for 5 minutes
Cool and keep aside until ready to use

2/3 cup milk
1 tablespoon sour cream
3 tablespoons oil
1 egg,  lightly beaten
(mix them together to make egg mixture)

Method
Butter  muffin tin or individual tin for small cakes

Heat the oven to 175 degrees C
Place the flour in a large bowl, add in the egg mixture
Mix and fold gently but quickly until all combined
Scoop a tablespoon on the prepare Muffin tins
Bake in the preheated hot oven for 16 minute
Take them out left in a tin for 5 minutes, then turn them out
Cool on a cooling tray

 I am glad that I created this recipe and able to share.   Give it a go.  Have fun and happy cooking.

Until Next Post
Susy