Produce Briefs...
Organic Sugar Pie Pumpkins
Sugar pie pumpkins are most commonly used for baking. Roast pumpkin, scoop out and puree cooked flesh, then combine with eggs, cream, sugar and spices and bake into pie.
Ambrosia Apples
Ambrosia apples are a medium to large bi-colored variety, with butter-yellow skin that is blushed with red.
Description/Taste
Pansy flowers offer velvety-textured slightly sweet flavor similar to wintergreen. The Pansy flower blooms in a wide array of vibrant colors. Having a broad color spectrum for an annual, flowers can be yellow, white, red, orange, purple, pink, lavender, mahogany, blue, apricot or bronze. The flowers may be just a single color or can have two or three colors.
Seasons/Availability
Pansie's are available year-round, with a peak season in the spring.
Current Facts
Along with violets, pansies are a member of the genus Viola and part of the Violaceae family. There are over 400 species in the genus Viola, most of which have asymmetrical flowers.
Applications
Pansies make an attractive addition to fruit, green and grain salads. They can be floated atop cold soups, added to salsa and chutney or minced and incorporated into butter or cream cheeses to make an attractive spread. Pansies can be used to add color and a subtle mint flavor to cocktails and teas. Most commonly they are used for ornamental purposed and can be used both candied and fresh atop ice cream, crème brule, tarts, cakes and other delicate pastries.
Geography/History
Members of the Viola genus including pansies are especially favored and cultivated in Europe. "Pansy" is derived from the French word "pensee" meaning thought or remembrance. The pansy plant we are familiar with today is said to have had its beginning in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England. Making their way to North America in the late 1800s, pansies quickly gained popularity.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
| Continental Catering Inc | La Mesa CA | 619-698-3500 |
| Bracero Cocina de Raiz | San Diego CA | 619-756-7864 |
| Inn at Rancho Santa Fe | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 858-381-8289 |
| Please & Thank you | San Diego CA | 619-962-5935 |
| Rancho Santa Fe Food company | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 858-222-7207 |
| Sugar and Scribe | La Jolla CA | 858-274-1733 |
| Decoy Dockside Restaurant | San Marcos CA | 760-653-3230 |
| Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 858-756-1582 |
| The Compass | Carlsbad CA | 760-434-1900 |
| La Costa Resort & Spa Main Kitchen | Carlsbad CA | 760-930-7063 |
| Snake Oil Cocktail Company LLC | San Diego CA | 858-754-9173 |
| Cucina Sorella | San Diego CA | 619-281-4014 |
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Pansy Flowers. One
is easiest, three is harder.| The View from Great Island |
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Nordic Open Faced Smoked Salmon Sandwiches |
| She Knows |
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Pansy Herb Salad |
Recently Spotted
Someone spotted Pansy Flowers using the Specialty Produce app for iPhone and Android.
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Little Italy Mercato
Riveras Garden Treasure
Near San Diego, California, United States773-372-6719 About 614 days ago, 1/24/15 Spotter's comments : Pansy Flowers spotted at Little Italy Mercato. |
