How to Create Stunning Parmesan Appetizer Garnishes with the Wilton Lily Nail Set

Photo Parmesan Flower Garnish Center Made with Corer Photo

Elevate your entertaining game with beautiful parmesan cheese flowers! This Wilton lily nail set is an inexpensive way to create incredibly detailed and eye-catching decorations for your cheese and cracker platters or appetizers. You can certainly try other shaping methods, but this set simplifies the process and delivers stunning results with ease.

Wilton’s lily nail set comes 4-piece set – 8 pieces. I use only 3 larger sizes of nails.

More parmesan garnishes – Butterfly Cheese Garnish and Parmesan Basket

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We need:

Lily nails set
Shredded parmesan cheese
Baking paper
Foil
Potato to make a holder
0.5″ fruit corer

Looking for a Lily nail set substitute? You can easily achieve the same effect using small funnels and foil shaped into flower tops.

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Technique:

Potato works perfectly to hold our lily nail! I wash it and dry with paper towel. Cut off the bottom, so it does not roll over. Cover potato and both nails with foil.

Wilton Lily Nail Photo

2. I used a cookies cutter to shape cheese. We can sprinkle with cheddar cheese and it will be a beautiful touch to our flower. Place parmesan cheese on baking paper and decorate as desired.

If you don’t have cookie cutter, we can use other technique I described here ⇒ Parmesan Cheese Basket and Butterfly Garnish

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3. Bake 2-3 minutes 400ºF (very convenient to use a toaster oven) or you can use a skillet on a stove as well. I shaped flower petals with knife tip when cheese melted.

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