This Elderflower Syrup recipe is a brilliant way to use up a serious glut of Elderflowers whilst preserving the flavour in a concentrated form for use throughout the entire year. This is probably the most common thing I make with Elderflowers because you can use it really easy way to…
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A sweet and luxurious risotto that captures the best of the seasons Elderflower and some delicious early peas to create a delicious meal! Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 6-8 heads of Elderflower (+ 1-2 additional heads to serve) Vegetable stock 1 onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 250g Arborio…
This fish chowder with coastal greens recipe is fabulous and can stand with a huge array of coastal veg, from Marsh Samphire to Sea Beet and Sea Blite, everything wild and edible at the coast has the potential to make an appearance in the fish chowder band. One thing I…
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…
I wouldn’t advise making a big batch of this because it’s so delicious that you will most likely eat the whole lot up in just days. It’s quick and easy to whip up and goes down a treat as a starter or a big part of any picnic. Ingredients: 2…
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…
Quite often we feel we need to cook our wild ingredients but they can also be used really well raw – in this really simple lunch we use three-cornered leeks and wild garlic stems instead of raw onion. This recipe is a brilliant way to use up the thicker stems…
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…
This is a nice, simple and delicious way to use the leaves from a fig tree to get a sweet treat whilst waiting for the figs to ripen! The fig leaves will need to be dehydrated or dried and then ground into a powder. Ingredients: 225g plain flour 150g softened…