Flower Sprinkles Cream Cheese Spread
Shall we have a garden party? :)
I just love this recipe and I know if you’ve got edible flowers growing in your garden, you’ll love it too!
What I really love about it is how simple it is to make, and how it magically transforms something as ordinary as a piece of bread, cracker or vegetable into the prettiest snack.
Use one or more shades and varieties of edible flowers to create the colour scheme you’re after. The fun part is to get as creative as you feel like.
Today, for example, I chose to go for a Rainbow scheme, as the garden is bursting with flowers from all shapes and sizes and the theme I had in mind was garden/ fairy party. And I’m sure you’ll agree, the two snacks/ finger-food suggestions following the recipe - Viola Toasts and Fairy Cucumber Rounds - are both perfect for a fairy picnic in the sun or garden celebration!
This spread would also be a fun addition to the lunchbox, to smear on crackers or made into a softer dip (add a little extra milk) to have with vegetable sticks or stuff cherry tomatoes.
You could also turn into a Cream Cheese Frosting, by adding sifted icing sugar, and pipe or spread over mini cupcakes.
Great for the lunchbox :)
Flower Sprinkles Cream Cheese
Ingredients:
1 cup spreadable cream cheese
2-3 Tbsp milk
2 Tbsp parsley, chopped
2 Tbsp edible flower petals, chopped*
*carefully wash and dry edible flowers before using, as you’d do with herbs
1. Gently pull petals off edible flowers (discard stems) and coarsely chop.
2. Mix the cream cheese with the milk until it loosens up and is creamy enough to pipe or spread.
3. Add flowers and herbs to cream cheese mix and gently mix to combine.
4. Flower Sprinkles Cream Cheese is now ready to use. It can also be stored in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Serving Suggestions
Suggestion 1 - Viola Toasts:
Spread Flower Sprinkles Cream Cheese mix on toast.
2. Gently press a viola flower on each.
Suggestion 2 - Fairy Cucumber Rounds:
1. Place Flower Sprinkles Cream Cheese mix in a piping bag with a star nozzle.
2. Using a peeler, make lengthwise stripes in the cucumber, then cut it into rounds.
3. Pipe mix on cucumber rounds - KIDS WILL LOVE DOING THIS!
4. Decorate with extra flower sprinkles (optional). Serve!
Fun, right?! f you’d like to find out how else you can use Edible Flowers, in cooking and non-cooking ways, in the classroom or home, check out our Using Edible Flowers blog here.