This Bilberry Jam Recipe is a great way to use up a seasonal special glut of bilberries, they’re only in season for a couple of weeks and this is the best way I’ve found of preserving them, without destroying our freezer, for use throughout the rest of the year. Known for…
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This is what I did with those green Scots Pine cones I collected a few weeks ago, we’re making Chocolate Green Pine Cones. We don’t often think about using any other part of pine apart from pine nuts, however, when we’re foraging (especially in the UK) finding pine cones that…
There’s a lot of different wild cocktails you could make – in fact you could write a book on it – however, this Spruce Margarita Recipe is one of my favourites. The savoury notes of a margs just suit wild ingredients perfectly. The Fresh spruce shoots are looking best around…
This Mugolio Recipe (Green Pine Cone Syrup) is one of the most simple things I make every year, you can pick these, mix them up and simply leave them to do their thing. It’s almost indestructible too – I’ve had this concoction sat in my cupboard for up to 3…
This Wild Spiced Apple Pie Vodka is an absolute must for me in winter, it’s lightly spiced and works incredibly well in a hot cocktail for those colder winter nights. Ingredients: 5 Apples – I used some wild apples from my local park here in Sussex but if you can’t…
This Wild Spiced Pomegranate Gin is delightful on its own, a really good winter warmer and I love making it up as a wild Christmas gift. Ingredients to make 1 litre: Gin – 2 x 70cl bottles (the spices absorb some) 2 – Pomegranates 1 Cinnamon sticks 1tsp All Spice…
This Sea Arrowgrass Stir Fry Recipe can be made with a plethora of wild ingredients from coastal goodies to inland vegetables & Seaweeds. However, the star flavour is the sea arrowgrass which has a beautiful coriander like flavour – and it can be found growing all around the UK coast…
The Carrot and Sea Arrowgrass Soup is a brilliant way to get the most out of the coriander-like Sea Arrowgrass. This dish is incredibly fresh and is lovely hot or cold, for me I always enjoy this with a big chunk of Nettle Soda Bread and plenty of butter. Click…
Through this guide we’re going to take a look through the potential for Lacto Fermenting Wild Ingredients. The possibilities are endless and once you get started it just gets more exciting. When we begin to start foraging we find one or two exciting wild ingredients and try every recipe…
This is a simple, fresh dish that brings together some of the best wild greens you can find along the coast. Sea bass is light and flaky, and it goes perfectly with the salty crunch of Marsh Samphire and the mellow, spinachy flavour of sea beet. It’s easy to make,…