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Nettle and spinach lasagne
Nettles are probably the most common of all our wild edible plants and are so good at making use of minerals and nitrogen that they score high in the nourishment stakes. According to the original modern forager – Richard Mabey … Continue reading
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Fresh yeast and tomcat: recipes with elderflower
Lemon drenched summer meadow, blossom stuffed citrus foam, fizzy floral lime lawn. Elderflowers, Sambucus nigra. The heady herald to summer, the scent of patio doors flung open to barefoot tennis, the schlock of croquet mallets, the promise of long navy … Continue reading
Risotto with nettles
Anyone who has read Anna del Conte’s eponymous (and fabulous) wartime novel will know that food infuses some of the most momentous occasions of her life: the chapter subtitled Risotto with nettles or risotto alle ortiche (echoing the latin urtica … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna del Conte, Food for Free, nettle soup, nettles, Richard Mabey, Risotto with Nettles
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