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Easy Veggie or Herb Cheese
Easy Veggie or Herb Cheese
Ingredients:
- One Gallon Milk (Goat or Cow)
- 1/4 Cup Vinegar
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/8 Cup Chopped Edible Flowers Or Herbs (Rose, Nasturtium, Basil, Sage, Etc..)
Directions: - Heat milk in large pan (cast is best) to just starting to boil stirring constantly
- Turn off heat
- Add salt and flowers or herbs or both
- Quickly add vinegar while stirring
- Cheese will form into curds, and then into a ball after about 2 minutes.
- Pour off whey, and put cheese in flour sack cloth or cheese cloth to drain for about 2 hours.
- Remove from cloth and place into container in fridge for a few hours
- Enjoy
I stumbled on this method of making cheese by accident one day, and after researching the net I found it to be one of the oldest ways to make white cheese. This cheese will not melt, so you can use it for a topping for crackers, or to add to chili, or salads.
Fried Radishes with Nasturtium Sauce
Fried Radishes with Nasturtium Sauce
Ingredients:
- 12-16 fresh radishes with greens removed
- 5 tbs oil divided 2 and 3
- 5-10 nasturtium flowers and leaves
- 2 tbs flour
- 1 cup milk
Directions:
- Cut radishes in to quarters long ways
- Heat 2 tbs oil in med sized skillet (cast is best!)
- Fry radishes until they are just starting to get soft turning or stirring often
- After cooking set radishes to the side keeping warm
- Cut flowers and leaves into small pieces, chopped is fine
- In small skillet (cast is best!) heat 3 tbs of oil until hot
- While stirring oil add flour slowly, keep it moving
- Immediately start adding milk to skillet while constantly stirring, keep it moving
- This will make white gravy (just like grandma use to make!)
- Remove gravy from heat and let cool a little
- Add Nasturtiums by stirring in
- Place radishes on plates
- Spoon gravy over radishes
- ENJOY !!!
Rosted Peppers and Nasturtiums Soup
Roasted Peppers and Nasturtiums Soup
Ingredients:
- 6 red peppers, roasted, seeded and cooled
- 2 med sized crushed fresh tomatoes (crushing by hand is fun!)
- 3 cups water
- 3 cups broth (vegetable or meat based)
- 1 cup of flowers and leaves from washed nasturtiums
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice (optional)
- leaves from 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
- salt (sea salt is best), and freshly ground pepper
- Sour cream
Directions:
- In a food processor, or by hand, puree peppers until smooth.
- Place in saucepan with broth/water, tomatoes and lemon juice
- Heat thoroughly on low heat about 5 minutes
- Mince nasturtiums and add to soup
- Add thyme
- Add a small amount of salt and freshly ground pepper
- Cook for another 5 minutes to allow flavors to meld together
- Serve hot or cold with a dollop of sour cream
- You can also skip the sour cream and add tablespoon of vodka if serving cold, stirring it in.
Rose Petal Butter
Rose Petal Butter
Ingredients:- 1 Cup fresh Rose Petals, chopped
- 3/4 Cup softened unsalted Butter
Directions:- Mix, let stand at room temperature for at least 2 hours.
- Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours to let the rose flavor meld into the butter.
This delcious peanut butter will keep if refrigerated for up to 3 weeks or frozen for several months.
Rose Petal Syrup
Rose Petal Syrup
Ingredients Directions:- Simmer rose petals with water and sugar for one hour.
- Add vanilla at end of cooking.
- Strain through a fine seive.
- Cool for an hour or so
- Put into an old syrup bottle..
Rose Petal Omelette
Rose Petal Omelette
Ingrediants- petals from one large preferably fragrant rose; keep a few for garnish
- Salt and fresh clipped chives
- Soft cheese, such as brie, gouda, gruyere, etc for filling
Cooking Instructions:- Melt butter in a nonstick pan or omelette pan over medium low heat.
- Add all but a few rose petals, the eggs and seasonings to a blender. Process on low until the petals are very fine. You can chop the petals by hand with a cutting board and knife.
- Pour into pan, reduce heat a little, cover and cook until set.
- Add cheese to center, fold over and slide onto plate.
- Sprinkle with reserved petals and serve
YUMMY. This is great for you guys to make brownie points !! 
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