Pretty Vegetable Platter How-To
Last week I shared about the party we hosted for our son, Brandon, and his bride-to-be, Mary Grace.
As promised, this week I wanted to give you a quick tutorial on creating this stunning vegetable display. You may not believe me but it only took about 20 minutes to prepare. You can watch a video of me making this on my Instagram account.
To start, I purchased an array of brightly colored vegetables. I sliced red and gold peppers, and celery into sticks, and cut rainbow baby carrots in half. Broccoli and cauliflower were cut into florets and cucumbers and radish were thinly sliced.
To prepare the purple cabbage, I began by removing the outer leaves, next the stem side was cut flat so the makeshift bowl would not wobble. To hollow out the center, I took a sharp paring knife and cut the center of the cabbage away, bit by bit.
I used 2 small ramekins to build the radish and cucumber flowers. To make the flowers, start on the outer edge of the ramekin and layer the thinly sliced vegetable around the edge, overlapping each piece slightly. Continue layering working towards the center. Roll the last slice into a spiral and push it into the center. Add cold water and store for a few hours or overnight in the refrigerator to “train” the vegetables into the flower shape.
When you are ready to build your board, turn the ramekin upside down over your palm and let the flower round fall into your hand. Turn it right side up on the board and add vegetables around to hold its petals in place.
Once the cucumber and radish flowers were secure on the board, I began adding layers of vegetables until the tray was so full, it was begging to be eaten.
I added hummus to the cabbage bowl and one last, thing- edible flowers. These tiny daisy-like flowers added just the right touch to finish this edible artwork.
When using edible flowers be sure they have been cultivated for eating! Small herb leaves would be a nice alternative to edible flowers if they are not readily available.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial for the Pretty Vegetable Platter and that you had a chance to read about the party. This adorable sandwich basket was demolished!
I’m busy preparing for my upcoming trip to France. I have a lovely group of 7 traveling with me to The Loire Valley for Wine and Castles AND a sweet group of 10 getting ready to take on Paris, where we’ll leave no bite uneaten in the magnificent trip!
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