Wild garlic, or ramsons or bear garlic or bear onion, grows in the woodlands in Europe and has a distinctive garlicky scent. It’s pretty wonderful to come upon it while out for a walk… you will smell it before you see it! Just be warned that the scent will make you very hungry. Be sure to read up…
vegan risotto
No Butter Better! Chestnut Risotto
The season for fresh chestnuts is over, but with the extended winter we’re having, this warm and savoury risotto is still appropriate. I have used fresh chestnuts, vacuum packed (Merchant Gourmet) as well as canned (Clement Faugier) and they all work and are available at any supermarket (in the UK at least). What you use…