All about sausage bouquets

Edible bouquets are increasingly used as gifts for family and friends. They are usually made from sausage, cheese and vegetables. Hand-made bouquets are considered especially valuable.

Homemade sausage bouquets are not only original and beautiful, but also very tasty. When choosing products, each person can easily control their quality. In addition, collecting a bouquet yourself, you can pick up exactly those products that will definitely please the birthday boy. But homemade bouquets have their drawbacks. First of all, it is worth noting that not everyone succeeds in making a beautiful bouquet the first time. Therefore, before making your gift, you need to practice a little.

Certain ingredients are usually used to create sausage bouquets.

• Sausage. In the center of each composition there is dry, uncooked smoked, dried or semi-smoked sausage. The use of original sausages with an unusual taste is encouraged. Suitable for decorating meat compositions and cold cuts. You can buy it in the store or make it yourself.
• Meat products. Various types of meat are also used to create gifts: carbonade, ham, bacon. They must be in high-quality vacuum packaging.
• Cheese. Perfect for creating sausage bouquets and cheeses. They can be either hard or soft.You can use delicious cheeses with mold, herbs and other interesting additives.
• Vegetables. To create bouquets, they use bell peppers, fresh cucumbers, gherkins, cherry tomatoes and chili peppers. Compositions complemented by heads of garlic look beautiful.
• Greens. To make the bouquet look fresher and more beautiful, you can decorate it with parsley, dill and other types of greenery.
• Berries and nuts. Such decor for decorating bouquets is used less often. The finished compositions are complemented with cranberries, lingonberries, pistachios, hazelnuts, almonds or cashews.
• Bread. You can make the sausage bouquet more satisfying by using baguettes, croutons and breads with garlic or herbs.
• Alcohol. Alcohol bottles can also be placed in the center of the composition. It should be in glass or metal containers. To create bouquets, it is best to choose high-quality drinks in beautiful bottles.

From the materials prepared in advance, you can collect many beautiful bouquets yourself.

Such a composition will be a great gift for a man. To create it you will need:

• sausages with different tastes;
• smoked cheese in sticks and balls;
• garlic baguette;
• pepper;
• rosemary;
• wooden skewers and tape;
• wrapping paper and decorative tape.

The step-by-step process for creating a sausage bouquet is as follows.

• To begin with, all products must be wiped with napkins and carefully laid out on the desktop. The same should be done with the skewers.
• Large foods can be cut into several pieces. In this case, individual parts of the bouquet will not look too bulky. After that, all the ingredients must be skewered.
• Further, the individual parts of the bouquet must be connected with each other using adhesive tape. Don't try to collect the whole bouquet at once. In this case, it will immediately fall apart.
• Having collected several separate blanks, they must be fastened together using adhesive tape. The bouquet will turn out to be voluminous and beautiful.
• After that, you can start decorating it. The bouquet should be wrapped in thick craft paper, and the lower part should be tied with a wide decorative ribbon.

To create such a bouquet, you will need the following ingredients:

• sausages;
• hard cheese and mozzarella;
• large grapes;
• bread sticks;
• greens;
• skewers, wrapping and coated paper.

A master class on creating this composition consists of several stages.

• To get started, put the hard cheese cubes and cheese balls on thin skewers.
• The same should be done with sausages. For each thin skewer, you also need to put on several large grapes.
• All these blanks must be divided into several bundles. The edges of the skewers must be wrapped with tape.
• After that, you can start assembling. Meat and cheese "flowers" should be combined with sprigs of rosemary or any other greenery and bread sticks.
• The finished bouquet must be wrapped in coated paper. This will help prevent ugly grease stains from appearing on the main package. Next, the bouquet must be wrapped in wrapping paper. From below it must be tied with a colored ribbon.

In summer, the meat bouquet can be supplemented with plenty of fresh vegetables and herbs. To create a bright composition, you should choose the following ingredients:

• bell peppers of red, yellow and orange colors;
• bright hot pepper;
• red cherry tomatoes;
• baguette with herbs or garlic;
• smoked cheese;
• sausages;
• fresh herbs.

You also need to choose in advance coated and tissue paper of suitable colors, decorative ribbons and skewers. The scheme for creating such bouquets is quite suitable for beginners.

• First, the long sausages need to be cut into pieces.
• After that, all the main ingredients must be carefully strung on skewers. Drops of juice must be wiped off immediately with a paper towel.
• Further, all these blanks must be divided into several bundles, and their edges must be fastened with adhesive tape.
• A large sheet of decorative paper should be folded to form a triangle. In the middle, place coated paper folded in two layers.
• Then you can start assembling the bouquet. All the main ingredients are stacked on paper. The free space between them is filled with greenery.

After that, the free edges of the sheets must be carefully fastened, the lower part of the bouquet must be tied with a satin ribbon.

There are also more complex bouquets of sausage and cheese. It usually takes more time to create such a composition, but the flowers look very realistic in it. Before you start assembling the bouquet, you need to prepare the following ingredients:

• sausage cuts;
• gherkins;
• hard and smoked cheese;
• olives;
• spicy sausages;
• bacon or ham.

Prepare toothpicks, skewers, a sharp knife, scissors, coated and wrapping paper, and a wicker basket in advance. The process of creating an original composition consists of several stages.

• The first step is to cut the soft cheese into thin slices. At its edges, neat cuts are made with a knife, creating even petals. From the resulting blanks, it is necessary to make voluminous flowers. To keep them in shape, each of the buds must be fastened with a sharp toothpick.
• Tidy roses are twisted from thin slices of cheese, sausage and bacon.
• Smoked cheese, cucumbers and sausages are cut into small pieces.
• Further, all these parts are fixed on short wooden skewers.
• After that, all the blanks are collected in one large bouquet. Olives and gherkins are attached to the sharp edges of some skewers.

The resulting bouquet is wrapped in two layers of paper. The lower part must be tied with a tourniquet or tape. Next, the workpiece is placed in a small wicker basket. The edges of the paper are gently straightened. The composition is bright and beautiful. A basket for such a gift should be selected sturdy. It is very important to remove attention to the bottom and the handle. They must be securely attached and capable of bearing heavy loads.

To make a bouquet of sausages beautiful and safe, you need to pay attention to the following tips.

• Products for creating a composition should be chosen as fresh as possible. They should not be too wet or dry.
• The food should smell good. There can be no signs of deterioration on the surface of the sausages.
• Original gift compositions can be supplemented not only with fresh berries, but also with fruits. Apples or oranges are best suited for decorating them.
• To make the finished bouquet look more natural, wooden skewers can be painted green before use. The best way to do this is to use quality food colors.
• It is best to prepare an edible bouquet a few hours before the holiday. In this case, it will definitely not have time to deteriorate or dry out.
• It is worth working on its creation in thin silicone gloves.

For how easy it is to make a meat bouquet with your own hands, see the next video.