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Cornflower Sugar

Cornflower Sugar is a traditional British recipe for a classic flavoured sugar made with lilac flowers. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Cornflower Sugar.

prep time

10 minutes

cook time

10 minutes

Total Time:

20 minutes

Additional Time:

(+1 week maturing)

Makes:

1 jar

Rating:

Tags : British Recipes

Cornflowers are used commercially to provide blue food colouring, so it's no surprise that it's also used in home cookery. This recipe provides vibrant blue-coloured sugar to use as a garnish or colour base. Note that the blue colour in cornflowers is not light-stable so you will need ti keep the sugar in the dark. If you use other colours of cultivated cornflowers you will get red, pink, yellow colours etc.

Ingredients:

2 handful of freshly harvested cornflowers (petals only)
5 tbsp white sugar

Method:

Mix the cornflower petals with the sugar and crush/mince in a mortar and pestle or herb grinder until the sugar turns blue.

Dry for 2 hours at 50°C in the oven or over night in a dry place.

To preserve the colour store your Cornflower Sugar in the dark - for example in a non-transparent container or in a drawer.