Description
This is from a book i have titled *garnishing and decoration* by rudolph biller who believes that the food we share should taste good, but also be eye-catching. I shared the photo of this garnish w/bergy in her may photo challenge. Encouraged by her to enter it as a formal recipe, i decided to do so since it is such an easy & inexpensive quick fix that chgs an ordinary platter into something spectacular. Since 1 pic is always worth a thousand words, i posted the pic i shared w/her. *edited to add* — i have now posted a 2nd pic to show just 1 example of potential use for the garnish. 🙂
Ingredients
- Cucumber
- American Cheese
- Capers
Instructions
- Do not peel the cucumber
- Start by cutting off 1 tapered end of the cucumber & discard it
- Cut 3 segments from the cucumber & halve each thru the center
- You now have 6 segments
- Place 4 of the segments on your cutting board & cut ea diagonally so you have 8 segments that will form the petals of the flower
- Use 1 of the last 2 segments to thinly slice the half-moon pieces that will form the stem of the flower & trim them as shown in the pic
- Using a vegetable peeler, peel 1 or 2 strips of cucumber rind & cut into several leaf shapes as shown in the pic
- Using a 1-inch diameter cookie cutter, cut cheese slices for the pieces that will be the center of your flower
- Assemble the garnish on your platter as shown in the pic or as desired
- All done!