Crystallized Violets

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• fresh violet fresh edible flower
• 6 fluid ounces water (175 ml)
• 1 lb sugar (450 g)

Recipe

• 1 you will need:.
• 2 greaseproof paper
• 3 saucepan
• 4 kitchen paper
• 5 slotted spoon.
• 6 pick a bunch of violets on a dry day, lay them out on kitchen paper, checking they are undamaged and free from pests.
• 7 pour the sugar and water into a saucepan and boil the mixture for 5 minutes.
• 8 now carefully drop the flowers into the syrup and boil for another minute.
• 9 use a slotted spoon, remove the flowers and slip them on to greaseproof paper.
• 10 leave them until the next day when they should be dry and hard, ready to be stored.
• 11 note* make sure you pick flowers that have not been sprayed with pesticide!