New Delhi: Every year Rose Day is celebrated on February 7 and with that, we begin with the Valentine's Day celebrations. People share roses on this day as a symbol of their love and affection for their loved ones, friends, and family. But, you can make your celebrations even better by preparing these quick and easy rose-themed dishes.
1. Rose Hot Chocolate:
Ingredients:
- 4 tbsp Rose Petals
- 1 tbsp Damiana
- 1 tbsp Milky Oats
- 8 oz Milk of your choice
- 4 tbsp Cacao Powder or hot cocoa blend
- 2-4 tbsp Maple sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Bean powder
- 1/2 tsp Ginger powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/8 tsp Cardamom powder
- 4 tbsp real Vanilla Extract
Preparation:
- Simmer 12 oz of water in a pan
- Add Rose, Damiana and Milky Oats to it.
- Then turn off the heat after some time and steep for 10 minutes
- Strain the herbs
- Add milk to it and warm it up
- Whisk in Cacao, Maple Sugar, Vanilla Bean, Ginger, Salt and Cardamom.
- Add the vanilla extract
- Pour the hot chocolate into a glass and enjoy.
2. Rose Petal Ice- Cream Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1+ 1/4 cups of superfine sugar
- Petals of 6 large unsprayed red roses, rinsed
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup milk
- 5 large egg yolks
Preparation:
- In a food processor, combine the sugar and 5 rose petals to produce a purée.
- After that, take a saucepan and combine the heavy cream and milk, then add the rose petal mixture.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved. Once done, take the pan off the heat.
- Whisk the egg yolks and gradually add the hot cream mixture.
- Return to the saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of the wooden spoon.
- Allow cooling after straining through a fine wire mesh into a bowl. Finely cut the remaining rose petals and fold them into the custard.
- Using an ice cream machine, churn the ice cream as per your machine’s instructions. Transfer to a covered plastic container and freeze for at least 2 hours until it is firm enough to scoop.
- Your ice cream is ready to be served.
3. Rose Cupcakes:
Ingredients:
For Cupcake:
- 1+2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup salted butter at room temperature
- 3 eggs
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup milk
For Buttercream:
- 1 pound unsalted butter at room temperature
- 8 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1 drop of pink food colouring a very small drop
Preparation:
For Cupcake:
- In a large mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the wet ingredients.
- Mix the wet into the dry until barely mixed. At the very end, fold in the sprinkles with as little mixing as possible.
- Fill cupcake papers halfway with the mixture.
- Bake for 25 minutes at 340°F, or until the centres are springy to the touch. The baking time is determined by the size of your cupcakes.
For Buttercream:
- Beat the butter until light and fluffy, then add the sugar a cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in the cream until the desired consistency is achieved.
- Divide the buttercream into two batches and add the pink food colouring to one of them.
- Fill a piping bag with both colours of buttercream.
- Create a cone of buttercream on the cupcake with a spatula.
- Make a cone out of the frosting and pipe it onto the cupcake.
- Make the rose by drawing little arcs with the tip that progressively increase in size as you go closer to the flower's edge.