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!

Gorgeous no-bake gorse flower cheesecake recipe. Using the mild coconut flavoured gorse flower & topped with native sweet violets. We threw some Maltesers on to keep the kids happy.