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April – What’s In Season

In between those April showers, spring has well & truly arrived in the kitchen as we start to see a lot more colour return.

Whilst the forced rhubarb season is coming to a close this month, we’re not far away from the greener stalks of outdoor grown rhubarb, which is great in jams, chutneys, crumbles & cakes.

April sees the return of all our favourite spring greens to our plates, think spring onions, rocket, sorrel, spinach, samphire & British grown asparagus is coming into it’s own alongside jersey royal new potatoes & carrots.

My star ingredient of April though has got to be the Wild Garlic (or Ramsons). You’ll find it growing along most woodlands up & down the country right now & it packs a punch in bott flavour & colour at this time of year.

For more tips on foraging for wild garlic, see my tips here.

Here are some recipes to make the most of the season:

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Rhubarb

Sweet Tarts

Rhubarb Frangipane Tart

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Jam

Rhubarb & Elderflower Jam

Pink Abundance Garden rhubarb, I have a crop that despite all odds returns to the bottom of my fascinating garden every year, greeting me with...

Spring Greens & Vegetables

Layer Cakes

Carrot Cake

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Pesto

Carrot Top Pesto

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Wild Garlic

Pesto

Wild Garlic Pesto

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Recipes

Wild Garlic Focaccia

As the wild garlic season comes to close, making room for a new season of delights in the garden, now’s the time to get really...

Savoury Tarts

Spring Greens Tart

Although it may not feel as though spring has really arrived yet here in Wales, thankfully the damp & colder weather hasn’t had too much...

Recipes

Wild Garlic Ciabatta

Usually at this time of year two things happen, firstly I find myself with an awful lot of wild garlic butter after hitting the woods...

Recipes

Wild Garlic Loaf

Ever since I can remember, I have loved garlic bread (who doesn’t?!). Shamefully though in my youth, I refer to the mass produced, butter drenched,...