From starters to main courses, roses can be a versatile addition to any kitchen. Pair them with sour flavours of orange, lemon or pomegranate, add a handful of petals to salads with young cheese and beets. Dried rose petals are often added to ready-to-use spice mixtures where they add to the good flavour balance. Few drops of rose water can transform dishes with fish or chicken and take your senses on a trip through the Orient. In confectionery, sweet taste of roses gives a good counterweight to bitter tastes like coffee or dark chocolate.
Pairing roses with other flavours gives infinite combinations for you to try, and here we offer you just a small piece as an inspiration to get you started. Experiment, try and enjoy in the delicate and delicious aroma of our roses.
The best rose water is the one that has been distilled, but this is not an easy thing to do by yourself.
Rose syrup is really easy to make. It tastes delicious and it can be used in a variety of desserts like ice-creams, yoghurts, drinks, cakes or puddings.
Here is another quick and easy recipe. Rose sugar is ideal as sweetener for teas or cakes, since it will give your beverages and sweets a nice rose flavour.
Preserving whole fruit or large pieces of fruit by cooking them with sugar syrup is a part of traditional cuisine in the Balkans.
To dry your own rose petals at home, all you need are freshly picked rose petals, washed and then carefully dried of all remaining water.
The best rose hip tea is the one you make on your own. First, you need to collect the hips.
Quick and refreshing. All you need to do is add some rose water into this summer drink and your floral beverage is ready to lift up your spirit.
Mix the tonic and the spring water in a large can. Add to taste some rose syrup or rose water.
Put some rose petals in a glass of cold dry white wine or prosecco, let it sit for couple of minutes before serving.
Heat olive oil in a pan and fry the chicken on all sides.
Mix the beef and minced lamb with eggs, garlic, onion and finely chopped ginger.
Make the dressing by mixing olive oil, lemon juice, honey and garlic.
Take rucola, mint, celery, rose petals and wash and rinse them well.
Mix the meat with the mixture of flour, salt and paprika.
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan and fry the onion over medium heat.
Powder the fish fillets with flour. Heat oil in a frying pan and cook the fillets for 2 minutes on each side.
Cut a circle out of a piece of baking paper large enough to cover the bottom of the baking tin and put it in.
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 22 cm baking tin and put baking paper on the bottom of it. Strain flour with baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add ground almonds and granulated sugar and
For the bottom layer: beat sugar with egg yolk and add water.
Heat the water with sugar until the sugar is well dissolved.
Briefly boil the sugar, citric acid, strawberry puree and honey.
Mix raspberries with beetroot in a blender. Add cardamom and rose water to it and mix well.
Heat olive oil in a high pan and cook onion, garlic, ginger and red chilli pepper gently.
Preparation Mix water, sugar, lemon peel and spices in a pan and cook over a low heat. Cook for 5 minutes.
Remove petals from the roses, and wash them with cold water. Strain the petals, and then dry with a paper towel.