[Nfb-krafters-korner] Autumn Pumpkin Centerpiece

[Cathy]

This sounds so pretty! If anyone tries it, let the rest of us know how it
turns out!

 

 

 

Autumn Pumpkin Centerpiece Recipe 

 

 

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Prep: 1 hour

Yield: 1 Servings

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Ingredients

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6 radishes

4 green onions

1 medium pumpkin (about 8 inches in diameter)

1/2 medium head cabbage

1 small cucumber

6 fresh cauliflowerets

6 fresh broccoli florets

Wooden skewers

2 medium carrots, cut into 1-1/2-inch lengths

8 fresh green beans

6 cherry tomatoes

6 fresh asparagus spears

Toothpicks

Fresh parsley sprigs

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Directions

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For radish roses, trim both ends of each radish. With a sharp paring knife,
make small rounded cuts toward bottoms, leaving them attached to the base.
Make

similar petal-shaped cuts above and behind the base cuts to resemble a
blooming rose. Place in ice water. 

Cut white portions of onions into 1-1/2-in. lengths; set aside green
portions of onions for flower stems. Cut white portions into thin strips,
leaving one

end intact. Add to ice water. Refrigerate until radishes open and onions are
curled, about 30 minutes. 

Meanwhile, cut top off of pumpkin; scoop out and discard seeds. Place
cabbage half in pumpkin, flat side down, for base. 

Score cucumber by cutting lengthwise strips through peel; cut cucumber into
slices. Thread the cucumber, cauliflower and broccoli onto skewers; insert
into

cabbage base. Drain radishes and onions; thread onto skewers and insert into
base. 

For carrot tulips, make cuts with a paring knife down the sides of carrots
toward the base. Thread green beans and reserved green onion portions onto
skewers.

Top with carrot tulips and tomatoes. Insert into base. With toothpicks,
attach asparagus to base. Fill in around inside edge of pumpkin with parsley
sprigs. Yield: 1

centerpiece.

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The more I learn, the more I want to learn!

 

Cathy