The cosmea is edible, usually only the flowers are used. The harvest season starts with the flowering in May and lasts until autumn, depending on the temperature, because the cosmos plant is not hardy.
The flowers of the cosmea are edible
If you often use edible flowers in your kitchen, then create a corresponding kitchen bed with various edible flowering plants, in which you also plant the cosmea. It can easily be brought forward in spring and put outdoors after the ice saints.
When is the best harvest time?
It is best to harvest the flowers of the Cosmea in the morning, as soon as the dew has dried, because then the aroma is most intense. The flowers should no longer be budding, but they shouldn't be about to wither either, but nice and fresh. By cutting, you stimulate the cosmea to produce new buds, thus prolonging the flowering period.
How do you treat the harvested flowers?
Rinse the flowers briefly under cold water. Then carefully pat them dry. Then carefully pluck off the outer delicate petals. Small flowers can also be used whole for some purposes. Consume only unsprayed flowers, ideally from your own garden.
Preparing the flowers:
- harvest in the morning as soon as the dew has dried (aroma most intense)
- rinse under cold water
- pat dry
- pluck off the tender outer leaves
- only eat unsprayed blossoms from their own garden
How are the flowers used?
You can easily use the flowers as an edible decoration on the cold buffet or on a cheese board, sprinkle them in a wild herb salad and use them to make ice cubes or flower butter. Only put the fine petals that have been plucked into the blossom butter, it is better to use the entire blossom as decoration, you can use both for the wild herb salad and the ice cubes, according to your taste.
Use of the flowers:
- edible decoration
- wild herbs Salad
- blossom butter
- decorative ice cubes
tips
Consume only unsprayed flowers, preferably from your own garden. The ideal time to harvest is in the morning, once the dew has dried.