This Wild Noodle Salad is a great and quick way to use whatever wild greens you can find around you, it works as well in spring with Wild Garlic and Nettles, in summer with wild seaweeds and Sea Purslane or autumn with Wood Blewits and Chanterelles. Ingredients (for 4 people):…
Tag: winter
This Rose Hip Gin Recipe is a fantastic way to use up the yearly glut of Rose hips, when left in the bottle they also make the most brilliant Christmas gifts. I often make a massive bottle of this and separate it down into smaller bottles when we come to…
Some people also call this Sweet Chestnut Jam – but in my head jams are often fruity and this recipe reminds me more of a Nutella style spread. If you’re looking for something with a little less sugar why not check out our Sweet Chesnut butter recipe here. This Spread…
So you’ve been out and found a whole load of wild mushrooms, firstly you need to make sure they’re edible – have a quick look at our intro guide here or you can look at our entire mushroom guide list here. If you’re still not sure why not join us on a guided foraging…
Fruit Leather always reminds me of chewy sweets and is the perfect thing to take out on a long walk as a snack. Rose hips are high in vitamin C and were often collected during times of famine to increase peoples intake of vitamins and minerals. Flavour-wise I always describe…
Identifying trees in Winter is hard. It isn’t too bad in Spring, Summer and Autumn; But during the winter, when there are no leaves, flowers or fruits on show, it’s pretty tricky. Its a useful skill however, that can really take your foraging to the next level… Why trees? What…
If you’ve been around foragers in winter, or been reading about it, or been foraging yourself, the chances are that you’ve come across the expression “bletting“; But what does it actually mean? Simple definition of bletting Well, at its simplest it’s a stage of fruit development in-between ripening and rotting.…
Death cap / Summer /Autumn / Deadly Prepare yourself for a chilling exploration as we dive into the treacherous world of the Death Cap (Amanita phalloides). Within the serene beauty of forests lies a silent assassin, one of the most poisonous mushrooms known to mankind. Join us on this cautionary…
The Blusher / Summer / Autumn / Edible Description The Blusher Mushroom is a fantastic edible mushroom that have a beef-like flavour once cooked. They live within the Amanita family of mushrooms which have some deadly toxic mushrooms in, so serious caution is advised if you’re planning to pick and…