Category: Wild Food Recipes

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 stock A little single cream…

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…

That’s right — today we’re making Nettle pesto using fresh Stinging Nettles! I know, it blew my mind the first time too. Nettles bring a beautifully earthy flavour to pesto, and they’re absolutely packed with vitamins, minerals, and all kinds of health benefits. Once you’ve tried this, you might just…

Ingredients: Makes 6 puddings 200g sultanas 1tsp vanilla extract 2 eggs 1tsp bicarbonate of soda 200g self-raising flour 90g non salted butter, cubed 2tbsp Birch sap syrup 100ml full fat milk 150g brown sugar Method: Put the sultanas in a bowl and put in the microwave on high for 1…

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 syrup. It’ s one of the most exciting and interesting ingredients we have the opportunity to forage throughout the year. Let’s look…

by Chris Hanley @chris_hanley – forward by James Wood Wild Garlic is one of the most versatile and incredibly tasty wild ingredients you can forage for quite easily in the wild. However, the Wild Garlic Foraging season is only short and typically runs from late March through to mid-May (depending…

  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…

by Tan Farrel – find him at @mr_farrell for more inspiration Ingredients: 1 large white onion diced 1 leek diced 6 large potatoes peeled and diced 2 handfuls of chopped washed wild garlic Salt & Pepper Water Butter 50g  Click here to see our foraging guide for Wild Garlic Method:…

Birch Sap tapping Through this guide we’re going to be looking at How to Tap Silver Birch – Extracting Birch sap is one of the first things I do with wild food every year, it tells me we’re about to shoot straight into the more serious collection of wild foods and…

This Wild Noodle Salad is a great and quick way to use whatever wild greens you can find around you, it works as well in spring with Wild Garlic and Nettles, in summer with wild seaweeds and Sea Purslane or autumn with Wood Blewits and Chanterelles. Ingredients (for 4 people):…