Use these candied pear slices as cake toppers, or dip in chocolate and wrap it up for a nice gift.  

Candied pear & edible flower decorations 

Makes 12-16 

Ingredients

2 cups (500ml) water
2 cups (400g) sugar
2 pears, thinly sliced
Handful edible flowers (we used pansies) 

Method

1. Add water and sugar to a pot over high heat, stirring to dissolve.
2. Add pears to the boiling sugar syrup, simmer for 12-15 minutes until glossy.
3. Remove from heat and leave the pear slices to sit in the syrup for 30 minutes until translucent.
4. Preheat oven to 120°C.
5. Arrange pear slices on a tray lined with baking paper.
6. Decorate the pear slices by gently pressing a few edible flowers on each slice.
7. Using a brush, paint over the flowers with extra sugar syrup to seal.
8. Bake the decorated pear slices for 1 hour, then flip over, reduce heat to the lowest setting and bake for another 30 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.
9. Store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place for up to 1 week.

Words by: Sjaan Van Der Ploeg
Photographs: Getty Images, Fresh Living Magazine 

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The perfect summer treat exists, and it’s these holiday floral ice lollies with edible flowers! Keep them in the freezer for a hot summer’s day.

MAKES 8 // COOKING TIME 30 min

INGREDIENTS
250 ml water
100 g caster sugar
100 g strawberries
Handful edible flowers (we used pansies)
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tsp rose syrup

METHOD
1. Place the water and sugar in a pot over medium heat. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Set aside to cool down.
2. Place the strawberries and flowers in 8 ice-lolly moulds. (Pack in the strawberries so they hold the flowers in place against the sides, otherwise they will float up.)
3. When the sugar syrup has cooled, add the lemon juice and rose syrup and mix well.
4. Pour the syrup into the ice-lolly moulds. Insert a stick into each one. Place in the freezer until set, about 4 hours.

Recipe & styling: Diane Heierli
Photography: Christoph Heierli

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