When cooking, you not only want your food to taste rich, but the appearance of the dish also helps the overall experience of the meal. If a meal looks appetizing, regardless of how it tastes, an appetizing appearance can make you want to eat it. These Reddit users revealed photos of beautiful food that looks too perfect to be real!
Rainbow Cupcakes
Reddit user EngineeredGal revealed that she dyed the icing of these cupcakes using all six colors, piped into a line and then rolled up into a big piping bag. Also, she added that she had silicone reusable piping bags that would also work. Finally, she noted that they tasted like vanilla cupcakes, and that she could have made bubblegum flavoring too. This colorful creation is a great example of beautiful food.
First Attempt Cooking Baklava
Reddit user Luxpreliator mentioned that she had cooked baklava a few times and she founds that finely ground nuts are fine, but most recipes do use way too much honey or syrup. She revealed that her first attempt the bottom of the dish was nearly soaked and pistachios could also work and probably are the best, but pecans are really good too. Her baklava is another example of beautiful food that depends on careful preparation.
Perfect Croissant
This croissant looks exactly like what you’d picture on a perfect plate. Reddit user input36 revealed that to reach this presentation you must reserve some dough on the side before you laminate. He also pointed out that you should add food coloring to it and once you have fully laminated the dough, just apply the colored layer on top. The result is striking beautiful food.
Ideal French Fries
Reddit user [borrado] revealed that those were his first batch of fried French fries and that they tasted delicious. The user revealed that the fries were doubly fried, and that he seasoned them with iodized salt and freshly ground pepper, although he was thinking about the next batch: adding seasoning salt or perhaps malt vinegar. Even simple fries can become beautiful food when prepared carefully.
Fall Themed Charcuterie Board
This charcuterie board looks like a colorful ornament rather than a meal plate, due to the large number of colors it displays. Reddit user arithrowaway1129 commented that the flowers on the dish aren’t edible, so you’ll have to remove them from the board, and that she added them despite knowing not to put something on the board that can’t be eaten. The colorful presentation still makes it striking beautiful food.
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The Perfect Cookies for a Camping Trip
Reddit user phillypharm revealed that those cookies were made by his girlfriend for a camping trip to Glacier National Park. He explained: “Although my girlfriend does not yet sell these cookies, which look perfectly made, she will surely do so in the future.” A reply from user gl00med expressed: “Your girlfriend needs to sell her cookies on a market. Not even joking they will fly off the shelves!” The cookies certainly qualifies as beautiful food.
Sushi Train
Reddit user yellowjacquet revealed that she usually prepares sushi once a week, and on that occasion, she had bought a train, so she decided to combine her hobbies. She revealed that crispy chili-garlic oil gets into many of her recipes, because it gives it a perfect finishing touch. At the same time, she mentioned that the train has a mixture of nigiri, like salmon with lemon olive oil, salmon with chili oil and spicy garlic, and tuna with yakiniku sauce.
Shepherd’s Pie
Reddit user Nickel1661 shared the food he prepared for his elderly father, who tries to make healthy meals for him, and that day he prepared a Shepherd’s pie and strawberries and cream. A reply from user VashtieOfPendyn expressed: “It looks beautiful! I know Shepherd’s pie is usually lamb, but I’ve really enjoyed it with ground turkey.” The homemade meal is a comforting example of beautiful food.
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Vanilla Bean Cream Puffs
These vanilla bean cream puffs, also called Choux au Craquelin in France, were the dish Reddit user stelcreates shared. He mentioned that it took him about 30 minutes to make them, from preparing them to taking them out of the oven. He commented that inside the Craquelin there is a mixture of butter, sugar and flour, which makes it “a kind of pie in terms of taste”, as the user pointed out. These cream puffs are an elegant example of beautiful food.
Boreal Strawberry Oreo Chocolate Bars
In the image, you can see the Boreal strawberry Oreo cheesecake chocolate bars that Reddit user Ctrl_Alt_3lite made. The user mentioned: “These are white chocolate from Valrhona filled with a strawberry pâte de fruit, vanilla cheesecake ganache, and an Oreo and brown-butter base decorated with colored cocoa butter.” The intricate chocolate bars are another impressive example of beautiful food.
Pretty Coffee
Reddit user spintimes, who shared this image, revealed that these cafes came from a small restaurant in the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles called ‘The Butcher, The Baker, The Cappuccino Maker’. He also revealed that the colorful cream makes your lips different colors, but they don’t stain and the coffee tasted really good, although he said he preferred his coffee black. The colorful presentation adds to the appeal of this beautiful food.
Ratatouille
Reddit user ruthgore mentioned that she prepared this ratatouille dish with a mandolin, because of the vegetables that had to be cut so thin. She commented that she bought the vegetables at an Asian grocery store, where they usually have thin eggplants that are the same size as zucchinis, and finally, yellow squash could be found at a Trader Joe’s near her home. The carefully arranged vegetables turn this ratatouille into beautiful food.
Homemade Steak Fajitas
Reddit user cookinwithclint commented that the key points of these homemade fajitas are the tortillas and the guacamole. For the meat, he chose flank even though he would have preferred skirt steak, but he usually can’t find that cut of meat. The preparation of the flank was grilled a couple of minutes per side because he liked it to slightly below rare. The finished fajitas are a flavorful example of beautiful food.
Cheese Pizza
Reddit user Chet_truser revealed that he baked that cheese pizza in a wood-burning oven in his backyard. The dough, that was prepared with flour, water, salt and yeast was pressed from the middle to push the air toward the edge before placing it inside the oven. Finally, he mentioned he had lots of experience making pizza but he still tries to improve every time.
Bonbons From Pastry School
Reddit user uniqueartist97 revealed that these bonbons were made in his pastry school, and they look really amazing. The user who shared the image commented that he relates to the decision to have one of these chocolates wait more than five minutes before eating one. A reply from LifeTestSuite expressed: “They all taste different, so you want to find out what the next beautiful little gem tastes like.” These intricate bonbons are beautiful food in its most artistic form.
Chicken Pot Pie
Reddit users commented that the chicken pot pie looked so perfectly presented that eating it would ruin it. Some suggested taking each strip and dipping it in cheese to go on eating and maintain a certain elegance of appearance. Reddit user Flat_Accountant6869 expressed: “I had to ruin it, it’s delicious though so almost worth it!”
Conclusion
These dishes with elaborate presentations may not have an ideal flavor, but from what Reddit users have mentioned, in the vast majority of cases they were flavorful. From desserts that look like genuine gems, to savory dishes that look so beautiful that people don’t want to ruin their appearance by eating them, these dishes are much more than a food, they can be considered works of art.
