[Sca-cooks] Questions....

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> Secondly, I also have a recipe, from Cuoco Napoletano, for a Cherry
> Torte that calls for rose petals.  Now I know I won't be able to get
> these locally as I doubt we'll have roses in early May.  And I know I
> can't go to a florist for them because those have been treated with
> insecticides, etc.  Any suggestions as to where I could get these...or
> could I simply omit them.  The recipe calls for sprinkling rosewater
> over the torte after it has baked, so it will get some of that flavor.
> I don't know that I want to add rosewater to the ingredients for the
> torte because it would be too watery.

You can get dried rose petals from an herb retailer (be sure to get
organic and/or food safe labelled ones), and refresh them in rosewater and
or water.

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
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