Quick how-to guide to foraging for stinging nettles and blanching and shocking them when you get them home. @BeckySelengutchef Nettles, Foraging, Misunderstood Vegetables
Hello from Southeast Alaska. The nettles should just now be getting ready to harvest at lower elevations. I usually pick them while hunting for grouse and foraging for fiddleheads. I've blanched them and eaten them as a cooked green, but I've never cooked with them otherwise. I'd love to see a recipe for the pesto- do you just use the nettles or do you mix it with another green? I would also love to see any other good recipes for them, their flavor is unique. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Becky! Nice to see you.
Hey, thanks!
Hello from Southeast Alaska. The nettles should just now be getting ready to harvest at lower elevations. I usually pick them while hunting for grouse and foraging for fiddleheads. I've blanched them and eaten them as a cooked green, but I've never cooked with them otherwise. I'd love to see a recipe for the pesto- do you just use the nettles or do you mix it with another green? I would also love to see any other good recipes for them, their flavor is unique. Thanks for sharing.
I just came out with a new book called Misunderstood Recipes. I have a chapter for nettles with my recipes in it.