Through this piece, we’re going to be looking at where to forage wild garlic and some of our favorite recipes for cooking with it. Wild garlic, also known as ramsons, is a delicious and versatile ingredient that can be found in the UK from late April to June. It grows…
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For me this Wild Garlic and Cheese Scone Recipe signal the end of winter and the beginning of spring, they taste truly amazing and I’m now asked to bake these for every spring occasion. What’s even better is that they can be baked and frozen for use later in the…
Lacto fermented Wild Garlic is quite a mouthful to say and sounds quite complicated, however the truth is, making this is really quite simple, more simple than making a pesto & it stores for the whole year until the next Wild Garlic season comes along. What is Lacto Fermentation? Lacto…
Its early spring and the weather is just beginning to improve, I think it’s just about my favourite time of year, the sap is rising, buds are swelling and the first shoots of Wild Garlic are just appearing. Wild Garlic is one of the best wild ingredients out there, it’s…
This Wild garlic pesto tagliatelle is a delicious recipe and a brilliant way to enjoy the seasons’ fresh wild garlic. Ingredients: 2 handfuls of fresh wild garlic leaves 100 ml extra virgin olive oil 50 gr or pine nuts, cashews or sunflower seeds 50 gr ground hard cheese salt and…
This lovely recipe is a fresh, seasonal dish that brings together the best of the wild and the sea. The nettle pasta adds a subtle earthiness, while the wild garlic gives a bright, aromatic lift. Juicy prawns bring a touch of sweetness and richness, making this a simple yet impressive…
This Nettle and Wild Garlic Beef Wellington Recipe is possibly one of my all-time favourite recipes. Most recipes call for beef sirloin but if you have a decent local butcher you can usually get away with using a standard beef joint (much cheaper) Ingredients: Beef Joint – 500g 500g pre-made…
As Wild Garlic grows in Spring and Blackberries typically aren’t ready until late Summer or Autumn, one or the other of these two ingredients will have to come from the freezer. Luckily both of them freeze well, and we think you see its worth saving them so you…
Wild Garlic / Spring / Edible Common Names Wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows’s leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, bear’s garlic Botanical Name Allium Ursinum Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Asparagales Family – Amaryllidaceae Physical Characteristics Wild garlic is a bulbous, perennial plant, going into leaf…