HAVE YOUR LACE & EAT IT TOO!

EDIBLE LACE

Eating flowers makes us feel more beautiful, as we are nourished both physically and poetically by them. Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota) has its particular airy charms. Chocolate lace offers a whole other kind of frilly fabulousness.

QUEEN ANNE’S LACE

Also known as “Wild Carrot,” Queen Anne’s Lace is a graceful froth of tiny white clustered together to form lacy umbels. It is native to temperate regions of Europe and southwest Asia, and naturalized to North America and Australia.

The carrots we know and love are cultivars of Queen Anne’s Lace. The roots are edible when young.

The flowers make delectable treats as well. We love them as tempura, with their lacy texture turned into crispy tendrils of herbaceous delight.

Queen Anne’s Lace also makes a beautiful pink jelly. It’s divine on airy biscuits or delicate toast.

Check out this wonderfully scented Queen Anne’s Lace Jelly recipe from Prospect the Pantry.

CHOCOLATE LACE LOLLIPOPS

If you want an even sweeter lace treat, check out these Chocolate-Lace Lollipops with Dried Fruit & Nuts from Cooking Melangery. They’re a perfect way to have your lace and eat it too!

Dark chocolate is melted and piped or drizzled into a lacy pattern, sprinkled with dried cherries, chopped dried apricots, and pistachios, before the stick is added to each lollipop. So good! And a bit healthy too!

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IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Image: by Jonathan & Jill. “Queen Anne's Lace.”
2. Image: by Julie Raccuglia. “Queen Anne's Lace.”
3. Image: by antefixus21. “Giant Hogweed is like Queen Anne's Lace on crack and steroids. Its size makes MAC feel like Gulliver.”
4. Image: by Chris, of Prospect the Pantry. “Queen Anne’s Lace Jelly.”
5. Image: by Yelena Strokin, of Cooking Melangery. “Chocolate-Lace Lollipops with Dried Fruit & Nuts.”
6. Image: by Yelena Strokin, of Cooking Melangery. “Chocolate-Lace Lollipops with Dried Fruit & Nuts.”
7. Image: by Yelena Strokin, of Cooking Melangery. “Chocolate-Lace Lollipops with Dried Fruit & Nuts.”
8. Image: by Theophilos Papadopoulos. “Another point of view.”
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10. Image: by Glenn Marsch. “Queen Anne's Lace Field.”