Wild Food Foraging Recipes

These foraging recipes serve to offer a little inspiration for things to make with wild food and edible ornamentals. This backs up information given on foraging courses led by The Foraging Course Company.
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Meadowsweet, apple and spearmint sorbet with cinnamon apple crisps

A refreshing pairing of meadowsweet and apple

Six foraged cocktails to see you through the summer

Some inspiration for you to go wild with your summer mixology

Crispy poached egg with mousseron, peas, bacon and a dijon dressing

A small but worthy edible deserves gourmet treatment

Beech leaf noyau

Young beech leaves make an unexpectedly complex liqueur

Cheese soufflé with watercress sauce

A versatile sauce that makes good use of this water-loving plant

Elderflower Turkish delight

This recipe adds a gourmet twist to the classic sweet

Lime leaf dolmas

Stuff the mature leaves for a wild take on classic mezze

How to: dandelion coffee

Roasted dandelion root makes a drink uncannily like the real thing.

Dandelion honey loaf cake

A moreish way to use up dandelion honey

Dandelion honey

One of the must-makes of the foraging year

Common hogweed shoot and whipped feta tarts

Showcase one of nature's best-kept gourmet secrets

Rose petal kulfi

This easy frozen dessert captures the essence of summer

Flowering currant panna cotta

These heavily-scented blossoms add a unique flavour to desserts

Gorse custard tart

Gorse's coconut scent adds an exotic twist

Wild garlic and mushroom lasagne

An indulgent way to make use of wild garlic pesto

Wild garlic and pea ketchup

You just need simple ingredients to make this vibrant spring condiment

Nettle crisps

A quick and easy way to enjoy this super-nutritious plant

Classic stinging nettle soup

This vibrant soup will give you a nutritional boost this spring

Nettle pakoras with wild garlic raita

These pakoras show off this abundant plant at its culinary best

Three-cornered leek and cheese scones

This recipe is quick and easy crowd-pleaser

Hot and sweet grey oyster mushrooms (beoseot gangjeong)

A Korean banchan using grey oysters to make an authentic spicy side dish

Catalan-style trooping funnel stew

A rustic and earthy flavoured stew

Nesselrode pudding

A popular Victorian dessert

Winter chanterelle marmalade

An unusual but tasty preserve

Hot and sour cauliflower fungus soup

A warming and delicious dish

Sloe, apple and rosemary jelly (for cheese)

Works perfectly with cheese

Hen of the woods gratin

A comforting and moreish dish

Wild mushroom and sweet chestnut pâté

A rich and smooth vegan starter

Uszka (porcini pierogi) with borscht

A traditional Polish dish

Chinese-style shredded Giant Polypore pancakes with plum sauce

A foraging twist on an oriental favourite

Blackberry and sloe gin sorbet

This sorbet is so simple to make yet so tasty

Smoky blackberry ketchup

A show stopping sauce that works well with barbecued meats

Rosehip Jam

A wonderful tasting jam made from luscious hips

Rosebay Willowherb Jelly

A fruity, floral jelly with a divine pink colour

Himalayan Hooch

A delightfully fizzy alcoholic drink created from an invasive plant

Southern Fried Giant Puffball

The perfect way to cook puffballs

Nettle seed and dandelion honey Lammas bread

A fresh, sweet bread

Damson Ketchup

Often used to make sweet preserves and puddings, Damsons also make a fine ketchup. It works particularly well with chips!

Elderberry Jelly

With a deep berry flavour, Elderberry Jelly is an excellent way to preserve the fruit of the Elder. Easy to make from a usually abundant ha

Elderberry Capers

If you are anything like me, waiting for fruit to ripen can seem like an age. However, elderberries offer the opportunity to create tasty ca

Elderflower Champagne

A wonderfully refreshing and slightly alcoholic fizzy drink made with the flowers of Elder. Definitely something for all foragers to try

Elderflower Jelly

This delightful and delicate jelly allows the wonderful flavour of Elderflowers throughout the year. It is delicious on hot toast or with...

Foraged Fruit Vinegar

When it comes to preserving foraged soft fruits and berries, most people think of jams, jellies and syrups. However, fruit vinegars are a...

Foraged Syrups

What an amazing week I had running foraging workshops and cookery demonstrations. Foraged syrups were extremely popular - I share my...

Hawthorn Ketchup

One of the nicest ways to use Hawthorn is to create a delicious savoury ketchup

Nettle cordial

Many people think of common or sting nettles as a savoury green, but they make the most wonderful and refreshing cordial

Rowan Jelly

The bitterness of Rowan's berries comes through in this jelly along with a wonderful flavour development of sweet through sour, bitter and f

Wild Garlic Pesto

A simple pesto that can be used on crackers or as a sauce base

Wild Mushroom Pate

An easy, delicious pate using a few foraged wild ingredients in addition to mushrooms. Can be made vegan or vegetarian

Wild Mushroom Soup

What better way for a forager to warm up on a cold winter's day than with a delicious mug of soup made from their forged mushrooms