What Are Dandelion flowers and How Can I Use Them?
Dandelion flowers rewards a little know-how: how to choose them, cook them, store them, and substitute in a pinch. Browse 6 recipes to cook with them.
| In Chinese: | 蒲公英花 | |
| British (UK) term: | Dandelion flowers | |
| en français: | fleurs de pissenlit | |
| en español: | flores de diente de león |
Recipes using dandelion flowers
There are 6 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Dandelion & Lettuce Salad
Old-fashioned Pennsylvania dandelion and lettuce salad with Swiss cheese, hard-boiled eggs, and a sharp olive oil vinegar dressing. A springtime forager's lunch in 10 minutes flat.
Rosemary's Root Beer Tonic
Rosemary's root beer tonic: a traditional herbal decoction made with sassafras, dandelion, burdock, ginger, cinnamon, and orange peel. Old-fashioned homemade root beer.
Dandelion Soup
Dandelion soup made with fresh dandelion flowers simmered in a buttery roux-based milk broth with thyme, celery seed, and bay leaf. A creamy, foraged flower soup with earthy herbal flavor.
Dandelion Flower Fritters
This variation on pancakes uses the yellow puffs of the dandelion, a good source of Vitamin A.
Dandelion Jelly
Homemade dandelion jelly made from foraged dandelion petals boiled into a golden liquid, then set with pectin and lemon juice. Tastes like honey with a floral twist.
Ojawashkwawegad (Wild Green Salad)
Foraged wild greens meet a sweet maple vinaigrette in this authentic Algonquin salad that brings woods-to-table dining alive with peppery watercress, tangy sorrel, and sunny dandelion flowers.
