Skip to main content
Bread

Nasturtium Sandwiches

A sandwich made with nasturtium petals dressed in French dressing.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
Jump to recipe ↓

Nasturtium Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dip nasturtium petals in French dressing.

  2. Layer the dressed petals between slices of bread.

  3. Serve immediately.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Nasturtium petals
Provide a peppery flavour and bright colour as the sandwich's filling.
French dressing
Adds moisture and tangy, sweet-sharp flavour that coats the petals.
Bread
Gives the sandwich its structure and holds the dressed petals together.

“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.

You might also like