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…
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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…
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):…
This Rose Hip Gin Recipe is a fantastic way to use up the yearly glut of Rose hips, when left in the bottle they also make the most brilliant Christmas gifts. I often make a massive bottle of this and separate it down into smaller bottles when we come to…
So you’ve been out and found a whole load of wild mushrooms, firstly you need to make sure they’re edible – have a quick look at our intro guide here or you can look at our entire mushroom guide list here. If you’re still not sure why not join us on a guided foraging…
This Wild Mushroom risotto recipe is full flavoured, creamy and delicious. The best thing about this recipe is that you can add whatever wild mushrooms you find to flavour it. Wild mushrooms will add the most amazing, deep and flavoursome sauce to this recipe. This dish will reflect the place…
Fruit Leather always reminds me of chewy sweets and is the perfect thing to take out on a long walk as a snack. Rose hips are high in vitamin C and were often collected during times of famine to increase peoples intake of vitamins and minerals. Flavour-wise I always describe…
Through this guide we’re going to be taking a deep dive into, how to make our own Dandelion root coffee. Roasted Dandelion root doesn’t have to be described as a coffee substitute as it has many of its own unique qualities which you just don’t get from coffee. Firstly its…
This dandelion bud capers recipe is incredibly simple and is very similar to regular capers in flavour. When I’m out collecting dandelion flowers to make jam I often find about 20 – 40% of the flowering tops haven’t opened up into flowers yet, if I left them they would certainly…