Wild garlic recipes

Nothing signals the start of spring like the fragrant waft of wild garlic. Fill your pockets with ramsons next time you’re walking in woodland, then glean some cooking inspo from these wild garlic recipes

Leek and wild garlic gribiche

This Devon take on the classic French dish (pictured top) comes from Patrick Hanna of Riverford Field Kitchen in Buckfastleigh. Serve it as a light lunch with a loaf of springy sourdough, or as the first course of a seasonal feast.

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Chorizo and wild garlic pesto

While there’s more to wild garlic recipes than pesto, this is one you won’t want to miss out on. Richard Massey of The Old Quay House Hotel in Fowey takes the pasta-staple next level with the addition of fiery chorizo. Stir it through tagliatelle, smother it on salmon fillets, dollop it on homebaked pizza … the possibilities are endless.

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Cauliflower, Devon Blue and wild garlic fritters

These simple veggie fritters from Greg Tyler of Rosemoor Kitchen Garden in Torrington are super versatile and an ideal way of using up random remains from the veg drawer, as well as any hard cheese ends. The use of wild garlic adds a unique spring punch; we like to serve them with homemade wild garlic aioli for a double-whammy garlic hit.

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Poached brill in wild garlic velouté

Dan Richards of The Club House in West Bexington puts local and seasonal ingredients centre stage in this beautifully simple fish dish. The pea-green wild garlic velouté makes a striking backdrop to gently poached brill and a seared slice of oyster mushroom.

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Pan-fried hake with smoky baba ganoush

Cornish hake and a silky wild garlic dressing give this Middle East-inspired dish a local makeover. There are a few components to Dasha Moughton’s recipe – pan-fried hake, baba ganoush, masabacha and wild garlic dressing – but the result is well worth the effort (and the additional washing up).

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