words and imagery from @foraged.by.fern instagram In my opinion, there’s no better activity than making cordial from flowers you’ve picked! Especially when it tastes as delicious as flowing currant cordial. Sweet, pink, slightly herbal, refreshing and so simple. Ingredients & Method All you’ll need is 1 cupful (or one big…
Category: Plants
from @foraged.by.fern instagram Ingredients & Method Rub together 250g of plain flour and 125g of chilled butter until it looks like breadcrumbs! Then add 1 egg and a tbsp of water and bring together to form a dough! Wrap in cling film and leave in the fridge before you roll…
My favourite thing to make with them is cherry blossom jam! It saves for ages and can be used in so many things. With toast, cakes, pancakes and stirred into rice pudding and porridge! There is so much cherry blossom blooming at the moment! The skies are pink and it’s…
recipe from Forager Sam @foragersam Hawthorne flowers provide a very surprising and incredible flavour reminiscent of almonds – making them the perfect thing to turn in to a Bakewell tart 🙂 and this is a perfect recipe from Sam – once you’ve made the syrup as well you can store…
Words from Forager Megan – @flintandfern Drying Wild Garlic is a brilliant way to extend the uses of this incredibly seasonal wild ingredient. The season for picking this is typically from February to June depending on where you are in the country and at what altitude – starting early on…
This Elderflower lemonade has A zesty flavour that will cleanse your palette, refresh and hydrate your body and a hot summers day, perfect at a BBQ or when you have friends over. Click here to see our elder foraging guide Ingredients per 1ltr or Elderflower Lemonade: 50g Caster Sugar 2…
This winter Elderberry Beef stew utilises the earth and wholesome flavours of elder berries and the tart sweetness of bramley apples to create this true winter masterpiece. Even better – if you don’t eat all of it at once use the left overs to make and elderberry and bramley apple,…
This Elderflower Champagne Recipe is by far my favourite sparkling version of a wild wine you can make, I currently make 25ltrs of this stuff every year, and it barely lasts for half of the year. It goes down well at every occasions from a dinner party to an afternoon…
Elderflower fritters are the quickest thing to make with elderflower, you can literally have them from the tree to fritters within 5 minutes – they couldn’t be more freshly picked. These are a brilliant as a midday snack and work brilliantly as a key to getting kids into foraging and…
Elderberries contain a huge amount of flavour notes, making them perfect for Elderberry Wine, they also contain suitable amounts of tannin to make them especially good when turned in to a delicious deep, earthy and fruity red wine. Best served with game meats or as a night time tipple. Furthermore…