This is a fantastic, fresh and filling recipe that can be cooked up in just 5 minutes. Often we think recipes involving wild food will take hours and hours or even days to cook up but the truth is wild food can link into our modern diets and cooking methods…
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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…
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…
This Nettle Beer Recipe might sound a little odd – making beer out of those things that sting us – but the flavour is exceptional. It tastes a bit like a bubbly herby lemonade that has a hit of % alcohol depending on how long you brew it for 🙂…
With hogweed and three cornered Leeks from @northwestnosh ・・・Green nettle and garlic soup – recipe ?this is nettle and wild garlic, but it’s a great way to use up any greens you have. Bar the onion/carrot you can freestyle this to use up whatever you’ve got. Makes about 4 potions,…
Ingredients: 100g nettle tops – wilted in a pan and finely chopped (or 10g dried nettle leaves powdered) 1 sachet of bread yeast – or 1 tsp 500g strong bread flour 1 tblsp birch sap syrup (or honey) 2 tblsp olive oil 350ml water 50g salted butter – melted 1…
Ingredients: per person 1 pear, chopped with the middle removed 5 Nettle tops, washed (or spinach) 200ml hazelnut milk (or regular milk) 2 ice cubes Click here for a foraging guide for Nettles Method: Chuck the whole lot in to a blender or smoothie machine and blend until nice and…
Ingredients: Per person 100g ‘00’ Flour 1 egg 5 Nettle tops See our Nettle Foraging Guide here Method: Chop the nettle tops and mush in a pestle and mortar, straining away the juice (or chop very finely) Put the flour in a big bowl, add the nettles and mix, then…
There’s something deeply satisfying about gathering the first wild greens of the season, and this dish captures that feeling perfectly. Nettles, Wild Garlic, and a good melting cheese — nothing fancy, just simple ingredients that speak for themselves. Cooked together, they become a warm, hearty dish that feels like a…