HAIRY BITTERCRESS – Cardamine hirsuta offers a hot peppery cress flavour. Traditionally the leaves have been cooked like spinach, but I find they taste a deep rich cress flavour. A Goddess to the forager, a curse to the gardener. How strange to dig up a friendly invasive who grows in …
A wonderfully sensual dish combining the exquisite sweetness of Papaya with the pepperiness of Hairy Bittercress and the gentle flavour of mild Dandelion greens. I picked up some out of date Papayas the other day. Out of date in the sense, they were still green and I had to ripen …
The combination of Hairy Bittercress’s (Cardamine hirsuta) earthy flavours with the sweet, salt and acidic dressing and the vivid contrast of colours makes a wonderful Autumnal warm salad. Hairy Bittercress Recipe Ingredients 4 beetroot (weighing about 500g) 50g sunflower and/or pumpkin seeds 2 tablespoons maple syrup 2 tablespoons oil (I …