Magnolia

Magnolia

One of the most beautiful harbingers of Spring, often flowering for Easter 

Young flowers are the most palatable

The petals have a delightfully powerful clove and ginger flavour, and can be eaten fresh, cooked, pickled and even dried and used in tea. Rob Gould of the Cotswold Forager swears by a fresh magnolia petal wrapped around a chocolate brownie. We’ve also tried them eaten fresh as part of a salad – they pair wonderfully with radicchio, goat cheese, red onion, fennel and orange. They can be infused into a simple syrup for use in cocktails and dessert drizzles, or even dried and ground to a powder to use in place of dried ginger.

buds pickled : https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGefAr8dQ/