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Homemade Candied Violets Recipe

Published: Mar 19, 2017 · Modified: Mar 24, 2022. This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.

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If you don’t use any chemical treatment in your garden, have your own Violets Festival, here is the Crystallized Violets Recipe. #yourguardianchef #recipe #homemade

Candied Violets Recipe is perfect for a Spring project with children. They can be used to decorate cakes, cupcakes and any type of pudding. You can use the violets from your own garden if you don't use any chemical treatment.

homemade candied violets festival
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  • What is the violets festival?
  • How to use candied violets
  • Violet edible gifts
  • Variation
  • 📋Homemade Candied Violets

What is the violets festival?

On the French Riviera, Spring is announced in March when violets start blossoming all over the gardens.

At the renowned Violets Festival in Tourettes-sur-Loup you can eat them in different ways: ice cream, jam, jelly, candy. Tourettes-sur-Loup is just across the valley from our garden and the seeds must have spread naturally.

You can find violets everywhere!

violets from the garden

This year my son Francesco decided to have our own Violet Festival in our garden. So he started a treasure hunt searching around the garden to find as many as he could.

Violets Francesco picked from our garden

I must say he was successful, having found enough to get a project going: 2 oz - 50 gr of violets with a nice intense perfume. We do not use any chemical treatment in our garden, so our violets are safe to eat.

weight homemade crystallized violets recipe

Francesco loves sweets, so he decided to make candied violets.

The petals are very delicate and a hot caramel would ruin the beauty of the flower. So violets cannot be caramelized.

As I wanted to keep them intact for decorating cakes, I decided to use a method that would preserve them, and here is the recipe.

For 2 oz - 50gr of violets we used:

  •  1 egg white
  • caster sugar

I did not use icing sugar as I wanted a nice crystal effect.

violets picked form the garden
  1. Picked the flowers with long stems so you can hold them without damaging them.
  2. Prepared a bowl full of freshwater and rinsed the flowers one by one.
  3. Placed them on a cloth to dry, not under the direct sun, but on the kitchen counter
  4. Slightly whisk the egg white and with a brush, spread the egg white inside and outside the flower
  5. Lay them on a parchment paper and removed the stems.
  6. Sprinkle the flowers with castor sugar and let them dry out in a warm and dark place for a couple of days.
  7. Once dried store them in an airtight container covering them with sugar.
Step by Step Crystallized violets

How to use candied violets

Having such a beautiful color and scent, I decided to use them to decorate a Swiss Roll Sponge. To contrast the color as well as the flavor, I filled it with buttercream and sprinkled with pistachios. You can also use them to decorate the Almond Meringue and Butter Cream Cake.

Violet edible gifts

You can make some nice edible gifts with your candied violet, although they should be used within the week.

Another edible gift you can make with violets is homemade violet liqueur, a perfect paring with candied violets.

Violet liqueur

Variation

Here are more candied edible flowers you can make:

  1. Nasturtium Capucines: papery taste
  2. Begonia: bitter taste
  3. Agastache: anise taste
  4. Tulbaghia: garlicky taste
Edible flowers: capucines, begonia, agastache, tulbaghia

Here more recipes with edible flowers:

  • Acacia fritters
  • Fried zucchini flowers
Beignet D’Acacia Acacia Fritters Recipe
homemade crystallized violets recipe

Enjoy your own Violet Festival!

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homemade crystallized violets festival

📋Homemade Candied Violets

Candied Violets Recipe perfect for a Spring project with children. 
Prep Time 40 minutes
⏲️Total Time 43 minutes
Servings: 3 jars
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Author: Laura Tobin

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 cup violets
  • 1 egg white
  • caster sugar
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Equipment

  • Pastry brush
  • Glass jars
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Instructions

  • Pick the flowers with long stems so you can hold them without damaging them.
    2 cup violets
  • Prepare a bowl full of fresh water and rinse the flowers one by one.
  • Place them on a cloth to dry, not under the direct sun, but on the kitchen counter.
  • Slightly whisk the egg white and with a brush spread it inside and outside the flower.
    1 egg white
  • Lay them on a parchment paper, remove the stems.
  • Sprinkle the flowers with castor sugar and let them dry out in a warm and dark place for a couple of days.
    caster sugar
  • Once dried store them in an air tight container covering them with sugar.
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Notes

Tips for making candied violets

  • Make sure the violets are picked from gardens with no chemical treatments
  • Hot caramel would ruin the beauty of the flower
  • For a nice crystal effect use normal sugar, not icing sugar
  • Picked the flowers with long stems so you can hold them without damaging them.
  • Do not place the violets to dry under the direct sun
  • Store them in an airtight container covering them with sugar

Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal
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Comments

  1. Jillian

    September 14, 2017 at 6:14 am

    5 stars
    So many options for these! So pretty!

    Reply
    • Laura

      September 16, 2017 at 3:51 am

      thank you

      Reply
  2. Ginny

    September 14, 2017 at 6:00 am

    5 stars
    How lovely. I just saw this cake roll recipe the other day. It looks delicious and so nice with the crystallized violets.

    Reply
    • Laura

      September 16, 2017 at 3:52 am

      Thank you Ginny

      Reply
  3. Annie @ Annie's Noms

    September 14, 2017 at 8:30 am

    5 stars
    Wow, I never realised it was so easy to make your own crystallized flowers! These look so pretty and would be the perfect finishing touch to so many bakes!

    Reply
    • Laura

      September 16, 2017 at 3:51 am

      it is, the secret is not to pick too many violets otherwise it will take ages

      Reply
  4. Hannah Hossack-Lodge

    September 14, 2017 at 9:01 am

    5 stars
    These are so pretty! Such a lovely idea and perfect for decorating cakes 🙂

    Reply
    • Laura

      September 16, 2017 at 3:48 am

      thank you, it is a nice project

      Reply
  5. Helen of Fuss Free Flavours

    September 14, 2017 at 9:00 am

    5 stars
    I have never considered the process of crystallizing violets, and see that it requires a lot of patience. But the results are worth it, they are so lovely to add as decoration.

    Reply
    • Laura

      September 16, 2017 at 3:49 am

      it does require a lot of patience, I always look for little helpers

      Reply
  6. Alice

    May 13, 2020 at 11:14 pm

    5 stars
    My violets have no scent at all! Are they the wrong kind?

    Reply
    • Laura

      May 14, 2020 at 6:45 am

      Difficult for me to say as I don't see them but mine don't have a strong scent either. They grow naturally in my garden

      Reply

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