Nettle and Pear Smoothie Recipe Nettle Leaf and Pear Smoothie I got the idea to make this smoothie after seeing a lot of pear and spinach smoothies around in health food cafes. I thought “well that has to also be good with nettles instead of spinach” and I was right.…
Category: Plants
Ingredients: Per person 100g ‘00’ Flour 1 egg 5 nettle tops Method for this Nettle Pasta Recipe: Chop the nettle tops and mush in a pestle and mortar, straining away the juice (or chop very finely) Put the flour in a big bowl, add the nettles and mix, then make…
Nettles and Wild Garlic Cheese Recipe Nettle Tossed in Wild Garlic Cheese served with roast potatoes and pork chops The three of these brilliant separate parts come together perfectly to give you a hearty meal for those wet and cold spring evenings. Serves 4 Ingredients: 200ml wild garlic pesto (or…
Ingredients: To make a large plate of nettle crisps Half a carrier bag of nettle tops (200g) 100ml vegetable oil Hogweed and alexander seed seasoning (or salt and pepper) Method for Cooking Nettle Crisps: Place 20ml of oil in a pan and heat, leave one leaf in the pan…
Half a bag of nettles, washed (about 200g) 2 large potatoes, peeled and chopped 2 onions, skinned and diced A handful of wild garlic stalks (50g) finely chopped, (or two garlic cloves) 2 Leeks, chopped Two Celery Sticks, chopped One and a half litres vegetable A little single cream (vegan…
This nettle leaf Soda Bread has a vibrant green colour and all of the mineral and nutrient benefits the common nettle provides us with – the bread itself is hearty and perfect with soup. It’s the perfect bread to make up when you’re in a rush, the dough doesn’t need…
Through this piece we’re going to look at the process of how to get Birch sap out of a Silver Birch tree before making it into birch sap syurp. One of the most exciting and interesting ingredients we have the opportunity to forage throughout the year. Let’s look at How…
Hogweed / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Hogweed doesn’t sound like an edible plant, but it is and it’s one of my favourites! Botanical Name Heracleum Sphondylium Known Hazards A mild case of photo-phyto-dermatitis can be caused by touching the raw juice of this plant and,…
Alexanders / spring / summer / autumn / winter / edible Welcome to our guide on Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum), a fascinating and versatile wild edible that deserves a place in every forager’s repertoire. Often overlooked in favor of more well-known wild plants, Alexanders is a highly nutritious and flavorsome addition…
Wild Garlic comes into it’s own in spring each year and we’re forever trying to find up new ways of enjoying this Spring delight, this wild garlic bread recipe is one of those ways. Created by Tan Farrel – A lovely chap and chef I’ve had the joy of getting…