
Recipes To Cook This Spring
Three cornered leek pasta for the win! This recipe could be adapted for any wild green. Wild garlic is fast approaching, just saying.
Naturally fermented, low sugar lemonade. using the short season black locust flowers <3 They are one of our favourite edible flowers!
Using the amazingly versatile and beautiful Flowering Currant. This is one way to preserve the flowers far beyond their season.
A wild take on Andalusian & Catalonian cuisine. So simple, but absolutely delicious!
Wild Garlic Mayo.. Punchy & vibrant wild aioli, to have with practically anything that’s dippable. Yum!
Think Tea and Biscuits!! These are just remarkably good. It’s taken a few seasons to develop these hazelnut catkins to exactly where we wanted them. Read on…
Award winning bartender and restaurateur, James Fowler, created this super refreshing twist on a margarita. Using foraged fig leaf.
A perfect way to extend wild garlic well beyond it’s season (if it lasts that long!), using lacto-fermentation. In a nod to Nikki’s Czech roots, we’ve opted for caraway seeds to help bring a citrus & anise flavour. You could use any foraged or shop bought spice of your liking.
An all encompassing recipe you can amend with any of your foraged goodies!
Braised down in dry cider & spices this mushroom takes on a lobster like flavour. Sealed in a pan for that crispy texture on the outside. Perfect!
A refreshing granita for those hot summer days! Using Scots pine cones, basil, lime & kiwi. And a little vodka.. we’re not alcoholics I promise.
Using our elderflower syrup, a simple & tangy compote to serve alongside sweet desserts.
Using our elderflower cordial, a simple curd that pairs well with more tangy fruits like raspberries.
Our elderflower cordial, for food recipes or to simply enjoy with ice and sparkling water.
A spicy snack & great way to preserve chicken of the woods fungi.
A foragers twist on the south American sauce. Traditionally used with grilled meats. This is a versatile sauce that can be used with vegetables and fish too.
Not for the faint hearted. Strong lilac & tea flavours with the seasonal spring lilac flower.
A light and floral panna cotta recipe using foraged spring lilac flowers and coconut spiced rum. Lilac flowers work really well in cream based recipes, so it seemed natural to make an Italian inspired ‘cooked cream’. We’ve paired ours with some pine pollen shortbread, but a plain shortbread would be just fine.
Probably the closest thing we’ve made from wild ingredients that resembles Nikki’s much loved gherkins. ‘Hottentot fig’ is its most common name (although regarded as racist), so we prefer to call them ‘ice plant’. The leaves themselves are quite astringent raw, but after a little bit of processing they become the most amazing pickle!
Who doesn't love wild garlic? This way you can preserves the immature flower buds well past their season. They're a great addition to literally any meal! By curing them for few days and using vodka in the pickling liquor, this helps to preserve them further.
What can you forage for this spring?
Water pepper is our native alternative to chilli. Packing a serious punch.
This non-native tree has beautifully scented flowers with a pea like flavour when eaten and jasmine essence when infused.
The best of foraged salad leaf? Full of essential goodness.
One of our favourite urban forages! The flowers appearing during spring have an absolutely stunning flavour.
An aromatic spring flower, our only native scented violet. Used for a long time in both culinary and cosmetic products.
These little guys shine bright in the winter months when most of the fungi kingdom is asleep. Fortunately for us foragers they’re edible both cooked and raw.
Another Roman entry in to the British countryside, cheers guys! Most commonly known for its nut. But there many more culinary applications for this tree…
This beautiful aniseed flavour plant doesn’t need much introduction. Well loved, the world over. Unlike its cultivated varieties, which are grown for their bulb, wild fennel is all about leaf & seed.
A gorgeous winter allium, much milder and sweeter than wild garlic. 3CL very much has its own place in gastronomy. And, being invasive, a sustainable eat!
‘Wild’ horseradish is a naturalised plant throughout temperate Europe, originating from Asia, many moons ago.
A stunning native wild herb. Oregano is an aromatic herb often associated with Italian cuisine. It is actually the same species as our wild marjoram. But, with our cooler climate in the UK, wild marjoram develops a slightly different scent.
The first prunus species to flower in spring, the flowers taste of almonds. But later produce juicy edible fruits, which pair wonderfully with so many different dishes!
In our opinion much nicer than Elderflower, with its almond/vanilla scent. It's massively abundant making it a guilt free forage.
Scots pine is the only truly native pine in the UK. It thrives in heathland and is widely planted for timber. We mostly use it for its pollen and young pine cones for culinary uses.
Our absolute favourite in spring & early summer for collecting the new growth tips. They have a wonderful citrusy, tangerine & grapefruit flavour & smell.
A well known seasonal edible flower & berry very common throughout the UK.
The young leaves are excellent for salads and the unopened flowers make delicious capers.
A choice spring & summer mushroom which resembles chicken in texture and taste.
A choice spring mushroom growing in fields and sometimes forests.
A shade loving edible brought over by the romans (thankyou!). A pest for many gardeners, I wonder how many know they can eat it?
An invasive alien. It is tart, crunchy, and juicy. It's closest resemblance to taste is rhubarb. It be eaten raw or cooked and can be used in sweet or savory dishes.
Generally considered a weed, but once upon a time it was considered more valuable than grass in peoples gardens. And rightly so. They are a rich source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. All parts are edible, a foragers super food!
A foragers superfood! The young shoots make a great asparagus substitute. As noted by Robin Harford it has 90 times more vitamin A and 4 times more vitamin C than an orange!!




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