Wild garlic

Wild garlic
Originally uploaded by chicken.loop

Here continues the nature lesson - this is wild garlic. Like many of the onion family, they can be eaten whole - the bulb and the leaves. The young leaves (these are getting on a bit, because it's already in flower) can be ground up and made into a very nice ravioli filling with ricotta, or on their own with olive oil, parmesan and perhaps some nice toasted pine nuts make a very passable pesto. Or salad leaves, mixed with rocket...the possibilities are endless. They like to live in damp shady places, so look along your local river or in the woods. Preferably away from the major dog walks.