It is again time for that wonderful, wild plant found in the woods around here (and my flower garden). Do you remember it? It is pretty simple to use: just clip some leaves and / or flowers and take them home and fry them lightly. Here I am washing them a bit. Then you sauté them in butter while you boil the spaghetti and wait for the other components to cook. When it is done, you stir fry the spaghetti and leaves together in butter and olive oil. Here is the mix, chicken rolade and capucijners / peas We have spoken of this herb before and if you have not tried it, I can recommend it. The Allium urcinum has a modest garlic flavour...Mart, are you game? Bon appétit !
We're going to the woods to pick a lot of them once they're properly up. We dry them and use them as spice. Last year we tried making a pesto but it tasted so strong you sort of just want to walk it past the dish you're making. There are huge colonies of them around here if you know where to look.
I am not familiar with this plant. I am not sure it even grows here. but your meal looks scrumptious.
DROOPY--They ought to be growing there already, I should have thought. We harvest the leaves primarily before the plant blooms...afterwards it seems to become tougher and stronger of taste. The flowers of the plant we harvest during the blooming period. You guys may do it differently up there. CAROLYN--I hope that it does, because it really is scrummy and plentiful in areas where it grows.
That is a shame, but perhaps you can find it in woods. That would be cool if you could harvest and plant your own. I have to admit that I find it odd that some speciality shop somewhere there doesn't have it. Pity. I think that you might enjoy the flavour and could sell the harvested leaves on the market.
Sjoerd, they are growing, but they're just tiny yet so we'll wait a bit. We've had a very cold spring and everything's late.
Carolyn it does grow here but most just refer ti it as wild onion. It has a flavor and smell like an onion/garlic cross. Different variety from the one that grows there.
http://the3foragers.blogspot.com/2012/03/field-garlic-or-yard-onions.html This shows what they look like. I am sure you have noticed a garlicky/onion like smell sometimes when lawns are mowed early spring.
