Mark McCaughrean

Getting an early start on the wild garlic pesto this spring 🙂👍

Aka bear’s garlic, ransoms, buckrams, wood garlic, cowleekes, Bärlauch, wilde knoflook, & more, Allium ursinum makes a lovely alternative to basil, added garlic being unnecessary.

I’ll also pickle some flower buds when they sprout a bit later on.

And best of all, it grows all over the place here in the woods 😋

#Netherlands #Wassenaar #ForagingFood #Photography #TypicalWokeMiddleClassLiberal 🤷‍♂️

Apr 1, 2023 at 6:16pmMetatext
Show threadAndrea LuckApr 1, 2023
@markmccaughrean Nice colour, looks yummy!
Show threadMark McCaughreanApr 1, 2023
@andrealuck Wild garlic takes on a particularly vivid dark green when made into a paste & my fingers are a bit stained with it. The pine nuts & cheese add yellow & make it much lighter, as seen here. Very tasty it is too, with a bitter edge that I like 🙂
Show threadAndrea LuckApr 1, 2023
@markmccaughrean I’ll give it a try! I’m sure it’d be a great sauce for some homemade pasta! My favourite alternative to basil so far is rocket pesto 😬
Show threadAndras GasparApr 1, 2023
@markmccaughrean That looks mouthwatering. I can smell it through the photo.
Show threadMark McCaughreanApr 1, 2023
@andrasgaspar Tastes as good as it looks 👍 Not sure it’d survive the journey to Arizona, but if you’re ever this way in spring … 🙂
Show threadAndras GasparApr 1, 2023
@markmccaughrean I hope you'll keep your word! :-D
Show threadMark McCaughreanApr 1, 2023
@andrasgaspar As a wild product, reasonable terms & conditions apply, such as the availability of leaves in the woods & a lack of foxes having peed on them, plus factoring the non-negligible chance of my having eaten it all. But we shall endeavour to do our very best 🙂👍