As the winter sun gently kisses the earth, and the cool winter breeze fills our lungs, there’s no better time to embrace your inner forager and embark on a culinary adventure like no other with our Hogweed Seed & Carrot Cake Recipe. Foraging, the art of gathering wild edible plants…
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This Wild Berry Crumble is an absolute delight to eat on a cold autumn evening. You can utilise any of the berries & fruits you find whilst out foraging to add a new element to the dish. Ingredients for 1 crumble (to serve 4): 20g oats 50g flour 2tbsp butter…
I absolutely love making up this Orange and Hogweed Seed Cake, especially when we cook it in the orange skin over an open fire. The cardamom and zesty lemon skin flavour of the Common Hogweed Seeds marries up perfectly with the orange juice in this smooth & velvety cake. Ingredients:…
This Hogweed Stems in Tempura Batter recipe is a simple and quick way to utilise Hogweed stems with ingredients we all most likely have lying around in our cupboards. The batter gives a strong crispy outer edge to the succulent Hogweed stems without destroying any of the refreshing flavour. Ingredients…
This simple Hogweed Stem and Chorizo Egg Tart can be cooked up and eaten hot or cold, meaning you can make it whenever you get time, enjoy it as a whole meal with salad or sweet potato chips. Ingredients: 1 tart to feed 4 3 large free range eggs 100ml…
Hogweed isn’t only limited to savoury dishes, this Hogweed Seed Cookie recipe calls for the Hogweed seeds to take on sweet flavours and it does so perfectly, acting as a cardamom substitute. Ingredients: Makes 10 cookies 200g plain flour 200g unsalted butter or dairy free alternative 80g caster sugar 2tspn…
These steamed Hogweed Stems are a super simple and quick way to utilise your wild foraged Hogweed stems. Often the simple recipes that use little ingredients are the best and this is definitely one of them. This is the simplest, most delicate and enjoyable ways to eat Hogweed stems. It…
Giant Hogweed was Introduced in the 19th century by the Victorians as an ornamental plant and it’s been on the march ever since, working its way across the UK and fraternizing with our Common Hogweed, (Heracleum sphondylium) along the way to produce Hybrids of Hogweed. The main thing we’ll be…
This Wild Spiced Apple Pie Vodka is an absolute must for me in winter, it’s lightly spiced and works incredibly well in a hot cocktail for those colder winter nights. Ingredients: 5 Apples – I used some wild apples from my local park here in Sussex but if you can’t…
This Wild Spiced Pomegranate Gin is delightful on its own, a really good winter warmer and I love making it up as a wild Christmas gift. Ingredients to make 1 litre: Gin – 2 x 70cl bottles (the spices absorb some) 2 – Pomegranates 1 Cinnamon sticks 1tsp All Spice…