Chrysanthemum Flowers Recipe

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Best with Sunkist® Lemons, Oranges, Grapefruit
 
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These "Mums" can be made well ahead of use, Chrysanthemum Flowers can be placed in cold water or a plastic bag under refrigeration.

Ingredients:

Instructions: (Makes 1 serving)

  • Make long sawtooth-cuts around unpeeled oranges, lemons, grapefruit or tangerines, cutting to within 3/4 inch of each end of fruit.
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  • Separate the two halves of the fruit. Keeping the peel intact, remove the "meat" from the peel with a spoon or your fingers; save the "meat" for use in fruit cups.
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  • Scrape the peel clean with a spoon. Place the flowers on wooden skewers; cut the skewer "stem" to the desired length.
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  • Surround with watercress or other greens.
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  • For a more spectacular flower, start with a grapefruit "mum," fill with an orange "mum" and then a lemon or tangerine "mum".
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  • If the flowers are not to be used for some time, place them in cold water or a plastic bag and refrigerate.
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