This Elderflower Syrup recipe is a brilliant way to use up a serious glut of elderflowers whilst preserving the flavour in a concentrated form for use throughout the entire year. This is probably the most common thing I make with elderflowers because you can use it really easy way to…
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Elder Flowers come in to bloom once a year and you can really tell when they’re here. This elderflower cordial recipe is a lovely way to use them. The elder tree is quite literally a mass of flowering blooms throughout June. Their bloom signals the beginning of summer and it’s…
Crunchy, buttery, garlicy goodness! This Wild Garlic flatbread was such a winner and enjoyed hot off the skillet after the first forage of the year. Flatbread is such a good way to use your foraged greens and herbs. It’s easy to make, requires barely any kneading or rising time and…
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…
This dandelion flower jam recipe makes a zesty and zingy marmalade which has a flavour reminiscent of an apricot jam – it looks fabulous with dandelion petals suspended throughout and can be used straight on toast and scones or enjoyed in a more exotic manner by mixing with soy sauce…
This Blackberry Jam recipe calls for the use of less sugar and pectin than your average recipe and the resulting jam is more of a pure berry compote, but it’s great as the flavour of the berry isn’t overpowered or lost in the common heavy use of sugar. Ingredients: To…
Realistically any mixture of wild edibles can be chucked into a Wild Salad bowl and when dressed with tasty vinaigrette, something warm like wilted nettles and wild garlic and something crunchy like croutons or fried bacon and it will taste just delightful. Some of the ingredients mentioned below haven’t been…
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…
That’s right today we’re going to be making nettle pesto out of stinging nettles – it blew my ming the first time I made it too. The nettles add a lovely earthy flavour to the pesto along with a vast reem of health benefits, minerals and vitamins. Watch our Nettle…