Monthly Archives: April 2021

Fermented Wild Garlic Buds Recipe

Fermnented wild garlic buds recipe

This fer­ment­ed wild gar­lic buds recipe is amaz­ing­ly tasty. It is also so easy to make. Very lit­tle prepa­ra­tion is required as we fer­ment the gar­lic in a sim­ple brine solu­tion. Ide­al for any­one try­ing out lac­­to-fer­­­men­­ta­­tion for the first time. This recipe makes use of the ram­son Alli­um ursinum. If you are new to collecting…

A Simple Wild Garlic Pesto Recipe

Pearl Sunny Cap preserving and canning jar 0.25 litre wild garlic pesto

Spring her­alds the start of wild gar­lic sea­son. This won­der­ful­ly aro­mat­ic plant so prized by for­agers can be found in abun­dance in many of our ancient wood­land through March, April and May.Follow our sim­ple wild gar­lic pesto recipe for a real sea­son­al treat, tra­di­tion­al­ly stirred through pas­ta but also incred­i­ble in a sand­wich. Ram­sons, Allium…

Not Just Ramsons.
Foraging for the Five Most Common Species of Wild Garlic.

Wild garlic allium ursinum growing with bluebells in Chalkney woods, Essex

Although ram­sons are our best known and most abun­dant wild gar­lic it is not the only wild plant with a strong gar­lic flavour to grace these shores. When we think of wild gar­lic ram­sons spring imme­di­ate­ly to mind. This beloved native plant floods many of our wood­lands with the heady scent of gar­lic every spring.…