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Chive Blossoms


David Ross

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I have this incredible chive plant in my backyard. I bought the little thing one Summer about 5 years ago. Just stuck it out in a flower bed and didn't do anything else-no fertilizer, no trimming, nothing. It has endured winters under 4' of snow and below zero temperatures, yet it still comes back ever stronger each Spring.

I've got a ready supply of fresh chives a few feet from the kitchen, but now I've got the added benefit of these blossoms. Can I cook with them? Are they tasty eaten raw in a salad, a garnish for a soup?

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Yes to salad, yes to soup garnish. The stem right beneath the flower can be thick and tough (at least the ones by me), so trim carefully.

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Looked in my Herb book, and they have several things, first ,steep in white wine vinegar for salads and marinades, next scatter over a salad

next,dip in light batter and fry gently tillgolden brown,use as an accompanyment to fish or poultry,,,,

I have a huge patch of it and have never used the flowers,,,good to realize the uses,and will give it a shot...also if you want more, in the early spring you can dig them up and seperate them,and end up with a really large patch of them...(take over the garden...)

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There are lots of ways to use chive blossoms.

Chopped and mixed into softened butter for a "composed" butter - wrap in plastic and form into a log, refrigerate overnight so flavor will blend.

They are great in an omelet.

Nice (and pretty) in biscuit dough - better with some grated cheddar.

I got a recipe for scalloped potatoes with chive flowers online some years ago.

I'll look for it.

Found it HERE

found another unusual recipe.

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The chive with a flower is often stiff enough to be used as a skewer much like a rosemary twig. I've done this with small scallops and posted an image somewhere in the eG forums.

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Wow. I never realized the burst of garlicky, onion flavor that would come from this little flower. Each flower has about 10 little florets and I used a couple of them to dress some fresh Copper River Salmon, in a Crudo dish along with applewood-smoked black pepper and preserved lemon oil.

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My kid eats them off the plant. Sometimes I can't get within 3 feet of her.

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