A comforting seasonal bake that combines sweet apples with the nutty flavour of spelt sourdough, creating a beautifully moist and satisfying cake. Served with rich hogweed-spiced butter, this recipe brings together familiar ingredients and wild flavours, making it a wonderful way to celebrate the abundance of the hedgerow in spring and early summer. 🍎🌿✨
Author: wildrootsforaging
Bex’s Nettle and Wild Greens Fritters
A simple and versatile fritter recipe celebrating the abundance of seasonal wild greens. Nettles, wild garlic, dandelion leaves and other foraged favourites are combined with gram and buckwheat flour to create crisp, golden fritters packed with flavour and goodness. Perfect served hot as a snack, side dish or light meal, and easily adapted with whatever wild greens are growing nearby. 🌿✨🥬
Bex’s Nettle Seed, Adaptogenic Energy Balls
Packed with nutrient-rich nettle seeds, nuts and adaptogenic ingredients, these no-bake energy balls are a simple and delicious way to fuel busy days. Naturally sweetened and full of flavour, they make the perfect snack for outdoor adventures, afternoon energy slumps or whenever you need a nourishing boost from nature’s pantry. 🌿✨🥜
Bex’s Nettle & Sea Buckthorn Beer
A traditional fermented nettle beer with a bright seasonal twist from sea buckthorn. Fresh nettles bring a wonderfully green, earthy flavour, while sea buckthorn adds a subtle citrusy tang and golden colour. Naturally fermented using wild yeast, this lightly sparkling brew is a fantastic introduction to homemade wild drinks and the age-old tradition of transforming foraged ingredients into something truly special. 🌿🍺✨
Bex’s Wild Garlic Houmous
A creamy, flavour-packed hummus blended with fresh wild garlic for a vibrant seasonal twist on a classic favourite. Smooth, savoury and full of spring flavour, it’s perfect served as a dip, spread onto sandwiches, or enjoyed alongside fresh vegetables and wild food feasts. 🌿🧄✨
Bex’s Wild Mushroom Medicinal Brew
Bex’s Wild Mushroom Medicinal Brew
A deeply earthy, fermented tonic crafted from medicinal mushrooms, wild herbs and traditional roots. Turkey tail, chaga and artist’s bracket are slowly simmered to create a rich, nourishing brew, balanced with meadowsweet, burdock and a hint of mugwort. Naturally fermented for gentle fizz and complexity, this wild-crafted drink is a wonderful way to explore the flavours and traditions of medicinal mushroom brewing at home. 🍄🌿✨
Bex’s Honey & Elderflower Sourdough Cake
A beautifully moist sourdough cake infused with fragrant elderflower and sweet local honey. Light, floral and gently tangy from the sourdough starter, this seasonal bake captures the taste of early summer and is perfect served with a cup of tea or scattered with fresh edible flowers.
Bex’s Wild Garlic, Walnut and Miso Pesto
A vibrant, flavour-packed pesto made with fresh wild garlic, toasted walnuts and rich miso for an irresistible savoury depth. Perfect stirred through pasta, spread onto sourdough, or spooned over roasted vegetables, this simple recipe celebrates one of spring’s most loved wild ingredients and is a delicious way to preserve the wild garlic season. 🌿
Bex’s Wild Bhajis
Crisp on the outside and packed with wild flavours within, Bex’s Wild Bhajis combine nettle, wild garlic, jack-by-the-hedge and water mint to create a delicious seasonal twist on a classic favourite. Easy to make and perfect for sharing, they’re a wonderful way to bring some of the UK’s most abundant wild plants into your kitchen and onto your plate. 🌿✨
Bex’s Honey & Wildflower Sourdough Cake
A delicious way to use up sourdough starter, this Honey & Wildflower Sourdough Cake is lightly sweetened with honey and infused with seasonal blossoms. Soft, fragrant and full of character, it’s a simple recipe that celebrates the flavours of the wild while creating a beautifully moist cake perfect for sharing. 🌸🍯🍰