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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…
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 Method Sweat the onions and leeks in butter until soft no…
This makes a rich nutty butter. If you’re looking for something a little sweeter why not check out our Sweet Chesnut Spread recipe here. This nut butter is a great and interesting way to use up and preserve the abundant sweet chestnuts during their high season in October. It’s thick…
Identifying trees in Winter is hard. It isn’t too bad in Spring, Summer and Autumn; But during the winter, when there are no leaves, flowers or fruits on show, it’s pretty awful. Why trees? What has that got to do with foraging? The obvious reason is that some have edible…
If you’ve been around foragers in winter, or been reading about it, or been foraging yourself, the chances are that you’ve come across the expression “bletting“; But what does it actually mean? Simple definition of bletting Well, at its simplest it’s a stage of fruit development in-between ripening and rotting.…