Mei kwei tao (pickled peaches in red rose petals)

50 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
50 Peaches
2 pounds Sugar
1 cup Water
1 pint Vinegar
1 tablespoon Salt
Red roses
Cloves

Directions

Boil sugar, vinegar, water and salt for 20 minutes. Dip peaches in hot water for three minutes, then rub off fur with a towel. Place on the stem of each peach a red rose. Stick four cloves through rose on to the peach. Cook rosed peaches in syrup until soft.

Nellie C. Wong, Chinese Dishes for Foreign Homes Shanghai, 1932 (Flower Cookery - by Mary MacNicol) Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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