{"id":44570,"date":"2022-05-06T10:31:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T09:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/?p=44570"},"modified":"2022-05-06T10:35:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T09:35:16","slug":"pickled-japanese-knotweed-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2022\/05\/06\/pickled-japanese-knotweed-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickled Japanese Knotweed Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This pickled Japanese knotweed recipe is incredibly tasty, you can have a pickle within just an hour and it can be used with loads of things;<\/p>\n<p>From a cheeseboard to bbq&#8217;d or smoked meats, this is one of those cupboard staples that I make a big bunch of each year. Although it&#8217;s all typically gone within 2 months.<\/p>\n<p>It also acts as a great talking point about the edible possibilities for invasive species when having a dinner party.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44575\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220426_165801683-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Top tip before you get started&#8230;.<\/h2>\n<p>To ensure you pick only the tender stems gently bend back the stem from the top of the plant. Like asparagus, it should snap at the tender point leaving you with a piece between 2-20 cm long. Finally, it should be noted that it is illegal to cause the spread of this plant. Therefore all off-cuts should be burnt, boiled or allowed to rot before composting \u2013 not thrown in the bin.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>5 stems of young japanese knotweed (picked around May)<\/li>\n<li>200ml apple cider vinegar (ideally with a live mother &#8211; no worries if not)<\/li>\n<li>200ml water (ideally fresh spring water but tap water will work fine)<\/li>\n<li>100g white sugar<\/li>\n<li>1tsp salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43670 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/japanese-knotweed-harvest-close-up-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/japanese-knotweed-harvest-close-up-300x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2018\/10\/24\/japanese-knotweed-fallopia-japonica\/\">Click here to see our Japanese Knotweed Foraging Guide<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Method:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Slice the japanese knotweed stems so that you get nice knotweed circles or knotweed polo&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>Pop all the ingredients apart from the knotweed in a bowl and stir well until everything is dissolved and nicely mixed, if it isn&#8217;t fully dissolving pop the bowl in the microwave for a minute to allow it to dissolve better.<\/li>\n<li>Let the pickling liqour cool.<\/li>\n<li>Chuck the chopped knotweed in to a secure jar and pour over the pickling liquor.<\/li>\n<li>Leave for a couple of hours and then enjoy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44574\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/PXL_20220426_165740060.MP_-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Looking for more Knotweed Recipes?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/japanese-knotweed-recipes\/\">Click here to see our full list<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everything from Japanese Knotweed Salmon with a knotweed salad, Knotweed rice noodles, knotweed curd with afternoon tea and the list goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to see your recipe for japanese knotweed highlighted then let us know, please send us the recipe \u2013 in the same format as above \u2013 and a nice image and we\u2019ll look to get it into the database with all link to yourself of course.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43685 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/japanese-knotweed-curd-on-scones-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" data-src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/japanese-knotweed-curd-on-scones-300x257.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This pickled Japanese knotweed recipe is incredibly tasty, you can have a pickle within just an hour and it can be used with loads of things; From a cheeseboard to bbq&#8217;d or smoked meats, this is one of those cupboard staples that I make a big bunch of each year.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,86],"tags":[1387,100,1388,1390],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44576,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44570\/revisions\/44576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}