I think I am going to bombard everyone with wild garlic recipes it is my favourite foraging ingredient. One it tastes delicious and two it means SPRING is here! As you spend all that time picking them you want to have something decadent. This is simple comforting but I think also a treat. It’s a…
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Tomato Salsa with Wild Garlic Pesto and Capers
I went foraging for wild garlic and made a big batch of pesto. So I am using it in everything at the moment this was really tasty as garlic and tomatoes go so well together. I stayed on the Mediterranean theme by adding the capers and red wine vinegar. It did need a crunch so…
Wild Garlic Pesto Tuna and Butter Bean Salad with Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Yep it’s another wild garlic pesto recipe from me. This time it’s a nice simple healthy salad. The butter beans and tuna work so well with the pesto. It’s also purple sprouting broccoli season and it’s so yummy raw and adds a lovely crunch. I think different textures in the salad makes it much more…
Griddled Aubergine with Wild Garlic Pesto and Parmesan Shavings
We are having wild garlic pesto in everything at the moment. I don’t mind though as it’s delicious. I’m trying to be as inventive as I can to make it a bit more exciting. This vegetarian side dish was simple but so yummy all the flavours really stood out and it went perfectly with our…
Wild Garlic and Rocket Pesto with Cashew Nuts
Happy food dance it’s spring what does that mean WILD GARLIC at last. I always feel that winter is behind us when those gorgeous green shoots appear, the aroma is so delicious and I always make a pesto and butter. It is so easy to make you just put everything in a food processor blitz…
Wild Garlic, Leek and Thyme Pork Pies (no gelatine)
So I’m still making the most of my foraged wild garlic. I will post my salt, oil and pickled buds next but I had to share these pork pies first as they were so delicious. Being British I love a pork pie but I’m not keen on the massive jelly layer or claggy pastry, so…
Foraged Wild Garlic and Cheese Scones
I love the wild garlic season, this year I have made pesto and butter for the freezer as well as dumplings in a beef stew. I was a little nervous about trying to make scones as the last time I had a go they didn’t rise at all and were as hard as rocks. Actually…
Oven Baked Crispy Bacon and Tomatoes with New Potatoes and Wild Garlic Pesto
I love crispy American bacon and decided I wanted to try and recreate it myself. On this attempt I used the wire rack oven method and it worked really well. I know it’s spring when the wild garlic appears. I’ve made a few things with it this year but I do love the faithful pesto…
Homemade Wild Garlic Chicken Kiev Recipe
I love this time of year when you can go and forage wild garlic. I have already made muffins, hummus and pesto and I fancied pushing myself a bit further by having a go at homemade kiev’s. I was so chuffed with the result, the chicken was so moist and tender and the wild garlic…
Freezable Wild Garlic Butter Recipe
This butter is so versatile and a great way to use wild garlic. You can use it to make chicken kiev or add a slice on top of a steak or fish to add lot’s of flavour, it would be great in mash potato too. I was worried about getting the shape right but thankfully…
Spring has Sprung, Wild Garlic Recipes, Muffins, Pesto and Hummus
I look forward to this time of year as I love wild garlic. So yesterday afternoon was spent foraging for wild garlic, we got 2 bag’s full. I used one bag for the following recipes and the other bag we have frozen down in batches. I got a tip from Michel Roux Jnr this year…
Springtime Wild Garlic and Nettle Pesto Recipe
Spring has sprung … Yay. So for our day today we decided to go foraging and baby lamb hunting as we know it is the, lambing, wild garlic and young nettle season on a walk we do. We are lucky on this walk as 2 sections are full of wild garlic and another young nettles…
