Comments on: Stinging Nettle, Carrot & Apple Juice Recipe

By: Nettle Recipe

Nettle Recipe — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:23:25 +0000

Chrys: The power of the sting is greatly reduced where the nettles have been allowed to sweat in a bag for a few hours. However they wil still have a mild sting, so best to blitz them in a food processor with an ‘S’ blade first.

By: chrys

chrys — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:52:25 +0000

Is it true that if you leave nettles in a bag for a couple of hours the stings go away?

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:20:27 +0000

Helen – Could have been a variety of factors like time of year, soil, habitat and maybe leaving them for a day allowed them to dehydrate. Try again.

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:24:03 +0000

We juiced some nettles the other day, straight after picking and it was great. So we went to get some more nettles but didn’t juice then until the following day. However, they didn’t produce any juice at all (just lots of pulp). Is there a reason for this?
Many thanks for your help

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:42:23 +0000

Jane: I don’t use flowering or seeding nettles. However I can generally find non flowering nettles right through the seasons, you just have to hunt for them. Try looking in shaded lanes and somesuch.

By: jane

jane — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:43:47 +0000

Would you use nettles that have already started to produce seeds as they do around midsummer?

By: kev

kev — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:33:53 +0000

Using a litre of nettle tips may be better as mature leaves contain oxalic acid crystals and i dont know if the juicer would leave them behind.