Name: Nasturtium Sandwiches
Ingredients: 1 light white loaf; butter; fresh nasturtium petals

Nasturtium Sandwiches

Ingredients

1 light white loaf
butter
fresh nasturtium petals

Directions

Butter and slice the white loaf into thin slices.
Spread fresh nasturtium petals between the slices, overlapping them halfway for substance.
Garnish with whole flowers or place a flower on each sandwich if served individually.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

White loaf: Provides soft structure and a mild, neutral base for the filling.
Butter: Adds fat and a rich flavour that softens the bread and carries the petals' peppery taste.
Nasturtium petals: Supply a peppery, fresh flavour and colour as the main filling.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.