Mache Salad With Strawberries, Kumquats & Rose Petals

Rose petal recipe.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 2 (3 1/2ounce) packages  mache or 1 (6 ounce) package  spring  mixed salad greens
• 2  cups  halved strawberries or 2  cups  quartered strawberries
• 1  cup  sliced fresh kumquats or 1 (9 1/2ounce) jar kumquats, drained, rinsed and sliced
• 1⁄4 cup  toasted pine nuts
• 24  crystallized  rose petals (recipe follows)

• ROSE POPPY SEED VINAIGRETTE

• 1⁄3 cup olive oil
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 3  tablespoons champagne vinegar
• 1  tablespoon poppy seed
• 1  tablespoon rose water
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1⁄4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

• CRYSTALLIZED ROSE PETALS

• 24  pesticide-free  rose petals
• 1  cup confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  meringue powder
• 3  tablespoons water
•  granulated sugar or   superfine sugar

Directions

1. FOR THE ROSE POPPY SEED VINAIGRETTE:
2. Mix all ingredients in medium bowl with a wire whisk until well blended.
3. Divide the salad ingredients evenly among 8 salad plates. Drizzle vinaigrette over each salad. Garnish with Crystallized Rose Petals.
4. CRYSTALLIZED ROSE PETALS:
5. Rinse 24 unbruised, pesticide-free rose petals. Let air dry completely on paper towels. Beat sifted confectioners' sugar, meringue powder and water in medium bowl with electric mixer on low speed until mixed. Beat on high speed 4 to 5 minutes or until fluffy. Using tweezers to hold rose petals, brush a thin layer of meringue mixture on both sides of each rose petal with a small, soft paintbrush. Sprinkle both sides with granulated or superfine sugar. Let stand on wire racks for 24 hours. Store Crystallized Rose Petals in airtight container between layers of waxed paper.