The kitchen

Recipes for fruit and wild food

What to cook after the picking. Every recipe says when the ingredient is at its best and how to gather it without stripping the patch.

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  Baking

  Hedgerow Apple & Blackberry Galette

  One free-form pastry, a bowl of windfall apples and whatever blackberries survived the walk home.

  6 min read Serves 6 Best in Aug–Oct

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  Preserving

  The Wild Pantry: Elderflower Cordial, Wild Garlic Pesto & Sloe Vinegar

  Three jars that turn a spring walk into a year of flavour, with foraging rules that keep the patch alive.

  8 min read Serves 12 Best in Apr–Oct

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  Slow cooking

  Honey-Roasted Pears with Thyme & Ricotta

  A four-ingredient pudding built for a jar of raw honey brought home from a bee farm.

  4 min read Serves 4 Best in Sep–Dec

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  Slow cooking

  Truffle Butter Tagliolini, the Tuscan Way

  What the hunters actually cook after a morning in the oak woods: butter, pasta water, and a lot of shaving.

  5 min read Serves 2 Best in Jan–Dec