How to make Stuffed Nasturtiums
There is nothing prettier or tastier than these brilliantly coloured flowers stuffed with this tantalizing blend and served on a silver platter as appetizers when entertaining at home. Your guests will be surprised by your floral expertise and rewarded with this mouth-watering palate-pleasing treat! If you choose to also include your homemade cream cheese, you will be dubbed ‘chef exordinaire’! Your stuffed nasturtiums will definitely be the topic of many a future conversation, while providing an excellent ice-breaking topic for your current guests.
8 oz package cream cheese (either use store bought, or homemade–recipe provided in betweenclosefriends.com blog, along with other homemade recipes, and ideas for herbs)
3T mayonnaise
¼ cup chopped nuts
¼ cup grated carrots
1 T finely minced green pepper
2 tsp fresh herbs such as basil, parsley, or dill or 2 T chives, cucumber, and/or green onion, minced
1 ½ dozen brilliant nasturtium blossoms, washed Chopped chives and/or edible blossoms of your choice
- Soften the cream cheese with the mayonnaise. (You can use either store-bought or homemade cream cheese found under the ‘Recipe’ category of betweenclosefriends.com)
- Add the remaining ingredients, except the nasturtiums and chopped chives or edible blossoms.
- Roll this mixture into balls, and delicately fit the balls into your nasturtium flowers.
- Top each with a piece of chopped chives or any edible blossom.
- Ring a platter with round, bright green nasturtium leaves. Or serve as individual salad garnishes, each stuffed nasturtium flower set decoratively on a leaf or two.
- Enjoy, sit back and let the compliments roll!
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