 Hawthorne flowers provide a very surprising and incredible flavour reminiscent of almonds – making them the perfect thing to turn in to a Bakewell tart 🙂 and this is a perfect recipe from Sam – once you’ve made the syrup as well you can store it and use it…
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These Chicken of the Woods Nuggets are the perfect recipe for enjoying the incredible and joyous occasions of foraging for your very own Chicken of the Woods Mushroom! They’re crunchy and soft in the centre (if you’ve picked younger mushrooms of course) and you could really be fooled into thinking…
This Elderflower lemonade has A zesty flavour that will cleanse your palette, refresh and hydrate your body and a hot summers day, perfect at a BBQ or when you have friends over. Ingredients per 1ltr or Elderflower Lemonade: 50g Caster Sugar 2 Lemons 4 Big Elderflower Heads 1 teaspoon salt…
Elderberry Beef Stew This winter Elderberry Beef stew utilises the earth and wholesome flavours of elder berries and the tart sweetness of Bramley apples to create this true winter masterpiece. Even better – if you don’t eat all of it at once use the left overs to make and elderberry…
Elderflower Champagne This Elderflower Champagne Recipe is by far my favourite sparkling version of a wild wine you can make, I currently make 25 ltrs 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…
This cake is a classic for me, the roasted dandelion root imparts everything that’s brilliant about it – it doesn’t have the acidity of regular coffee and therefore isn’t over powering as a flavour, however it has a reminiscent flavour of chocolate without having to put any in to the…
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…
Cherries are a delight to eat, however, the ones I tend to find wild are a little bitter for eating fresh and this pie is a great way of getting them off the tree and on to your table. Frozen cherries also go a little limp but that’s not an…
Cherry Jam is a classic way of preserving a glut of wild cherries, it goes well in cakes and on toast, but don’t feel limited by sweets – it can also go in to savoury dishes instead of sugar, for example I make a great Chinese dipping sauce with cherry…
This will be the perfect recipe to warm you up on those short days through the Christmas holidays. Burdock are fantastic plants and most people think of them for the classic dandelion and burdock drink, however, the roots can be harvested and used in a number of recipes. The one…