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Hummingbird
Garnish
recipe and
photograph by Peggy Bucholz - www.finedinings.com
Recipe Type: Garnishes, chili pepper,
strawberries, celery
Total Time: 15 min
Prep Time: 15 min
Yield: 1 garnish
Ingredients:
1 Serrano Chili Pepper
2 Celery leaves
2 strawberries with hulls
Preparation:
Purchase Serrano chili peppers with long stems slightly off center to resemble a
hummingbird beak and body. Cut two small lengthwise slits on
the top side of the Serrano chili pepper about 3/4-inch from the stem end then insert celery leaves for
the wings.
Make a
strawberry
flower
and set on a serving plate. Take the
remaining strawberry and cut the top
straight across including some flesh of the strawberry, place hull side down next to the flower
you just made; put the
Serrano chili pepper on the cut strawberry top, stick the Serrano stem into the strawberry flower
to resemble a hummingbird that is feeding.
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