A traditional wild ferment that transforms humble nettles into a refreshing, lightly sparkling drink. Infused with ginger, lemon and optional bitter herbs, this Nettle Beer (or Mead when made with raw honey) captures the flavours of the hedgerow while introducing the magic of home fermentation. A wonderful recipe for anyone looking to explore wild brewing. 🌿🍺✨
Tag: wild food
Lucy’s Wild Garlic & Nettle Houmous
A vibrant wild twist on a classic favourite, this Wild Garlic & Nettle Houmous combines creamy chickpeas with fresh wild garlic, nutrient-rich nettles, tahini and lemon. Smooth, zesty and packed with seasonal flavour, it’s perfect as a dip, spread or accompaniment to salads and picnics, making it easy to bring wild foods into everyday meals. 🌿✨
Lucy’s Wild Garlic & Nettle Quiche
A seasonal quiche packed with the fresh flavours of spring. Combining wild garlic, nutrient-rich nettles, creamy feta and parmesan in a rich savoury filling, this recipe is perfect for picnics, lunches and sharing with friends. Encased in a buttery paprika pastry, it’s a delicious way to celebrate the abundance of the wild harvest. 🌿🧀✨
Lucy’s Extracted Ganoderma Chocolate Salted Caramels with Nettle Seeds & Wild Rose
A decadent chocolate-coated treat combining dried fruit, nut butter, nettle seeds and fragrant wild rose petals. With the option to add extracted medicinal mushroom powders, these Salted Caramels are rich, indulgent and packed with wild flavour. Perfect straight from the fridge, they’re a delicious way to enjoy functional ingredients disguised as a luxurious sweet. 🌹🍫✨
Bex’s Gluten-Free Flatbread’s with a Wild Twist
These simple gluten-free flatbreads are packed with wild flavour, combining chickpea flour, buckwheat, hazel catkins, dulse and penny bun mushroom powder. Nutty, savoury and wonderfully versatile, they’re perfect served alongside soups, dips and wild feasts. A delicious way to bring foraged ingredients into everyday baking and explore the flavours of the season. 🌿🍄✨
Meet Ruby: Helping People Reconnect with the Wild Food and Medicine Beneath Their Feet
Meet Ruby, our Hartlepool and County Durham forager. Happiest amongst the trees, listening to birdsong and following the seasons, Ruby sees foraging as a way of reconnecting with nature, our ancestors, and ourselves. Discover her favourite wild foods, what inspires her, and why she believes anyone can begin their foraging journey. 🌿
Cheryl’s Hedgerow Kimchi
A vibrant wild ferment bursting with seasonal greens, roots and warming spices. Cheryl’s Wild Greens Kraut combines wild garlic, nettles, dandelion leaves and Herb Robert with cabbage, apple, fennel and ginger to create a tangy, gut-friendly ferment packed with flavour. A delicious way to preserve the abundance of spring while supporting a healthy microbiome. 🌿✨
Cheryl’s Wild Greens Pesto
A vibrant, nutrient-rich pesto made from a seasonal blend of wild greens, nuts and aromatic herbs. Cheryl’s Wild Greens Pesto is bursting with fresh flavour and is perfect stirred through pasta, spread onto sourdough, dolloped onto roasted vegetables or added to salads. A simple and delicious way to capture the abundance of the season. 🌿✨
Cheryl’s Sun & Moon Focaccia
A celebration of spring in bread form, Cheryl’s Sun & Moon Focaccia is a beautifully soft, airy focaccia topped with golden dandelion flowers and scattered nettle seeds like a wild spring sky. With its crisp olive oil crust and light, bubbly crumb, this high-hydration loaf captures the abundance of the season and makes a stunning centrepiece for any table. 🌼🌿✨
Cheryl’s Wild Hedgerow Filo Parcels
A crisp, golden pastry parcel filled with a vibrant mix of wild hedgerow greens, creamy feta and fresh lemon zest. Combining wild garlic, garlic mustard, dandelion greens, Herb Robert and three-cornered leek, these Wild Hedgerow Filo Parcels are packed with seasonal flavour and make a delicious addition to picnics, lunches or shared feasts. 🌿✨