A little bit of foraging turned up these greens - Barbarea vulgaris - for my supper.
Stir fried quickly with a little sliced onion and then sprinkled in some soy sauce and a splash of cider vinegar they were allowed to steam just a moment too long, but were still very fresh and nutritious served with some boiled potato.
2 comments:
Sounds really good. Where did you buy them and what do they taste of?
Cheers
David
Hi David,
I didn't buy them, they are growing wild on my farm in France.
The plants are also known as Land Cress and the leaves have a peppery taste a bit like Water Cress. They are often used as a substitute for that in winter salads and you can buy seed of garden selections for your veg. patch. I don't know if these are native plants or garden escapes but I'm not too worried!
I was particularly taken with the lovely flowering heads, which reminded me of rape flowers which are eaten in Japan - hence my next entry for tempura.
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