Recipe of Male Versus Female Squash Flowers

Candied Flowers

Both male and female flowers are necessary to ensure successful pollination and later fruiting.

Recipe Summary Candied Flowers

Did you know you could bring nature's most beautiful gift right to your own dinner table? Please be sure that your flowers have been organically grown so that you are sure they are pesticide-free! Place on top of cakes, iced cookies, salads, and pies! Let your imagination run wild!

Ingredients | Male Versus Female Squash Flowers

¼ cup egg whites, beaten

½ cup superfine sugar

2 cups assorted edible flowers

Directions

Clean and dry your flowers or petals. Use a brush to paint a thin layer of egg white onto each side of the flower petals or blossoms. Gently place them into a shallow bowl of superfine sugar and sprinkle sugar over them to coat. Remove from the bowl, and place them on a piece of waxed paper. Sprinkle some more of the sugar over them. Allow them to dry until stiff, about 8 hours. Store at room temperature in an airtight container until using.

A few examples of edible flowers include: carnation (peppery flavor), daylily, dianthus (clove-like flavor), hibiscus, hollyhock, lavender, orange blossom, rose petals, pansies, violets.

If you are concerned about the safety of using raw egg whites, you may purchase pasteurized egg white in your grocer's dairy section.

This recipe contains raw egg. We recommend that pregnant women, young children, the elderly, and the infirm do not consume raw egg. Learn more about egg safety from our article, How to Make Your Eggs Safe.

Info | Male Versus Female Squash Flowers

prep: 8 hrs 15 mins total: 8 hrs 15 mins Servings: 24 Yield: 2 dozen flowers

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Images of Male Versus Female Squash Flowers

Male Versus Female Squash Flowers / The female flower has an ovary, which looks like a little squash (which is what it does become) at the base.the lower example is the male, which is just on a stalk.