Foraged Mushroom Fries using Dryad’s Saddle or Pheasant’s Back

The Dryad’s Saddle mushroom, easily identifiable due to its giant size, is found in the UK, US, and mainland Europe. When cooked, it transforms from soft and fleshy to a mushroom-like texture with a distinctive umami flavour. An accidental slow-cooking discovery led me to a tasty, crunchy snack. The cooked mushroom can also be used to make stock or powder for soups – or infusing your gin or vodka! Continue reading Foraged Mushroom Fries using Dryad’s Saddle or Pheasant’s Back

A Roasted Seaweed Snack

If you live somewhere around the UK coast, you may have access to gutweed (Ulva intestinalis), which you can harvest, wash and roast into a highly tasty snack. If the sea in your area is clean, head to a rocky beach and seek out rockpools, and/or areas where fresh water runs into the sea. Here you may find bright green, but somewhat unappetisingly named ‘gutweed’. … Continue reading A Roasted Seaweed Snack

More martini snacks and canapes

I’m just going to leave this here…    What could be easier than olives and cheese-stuffed peppers that you picked up at the shops on the way home? I particularly like the colour contrast of these two. Oh and the taste. You can’t go wrong with the lemony-buttery taste of Nocellara olive flesh, while the soft creamy cheese paired very indulgently with the sweet piccante … Continue reading More martini snacks and canapes