Wild garlic recipes
Discover our best wild garlic recipes to make the most of this seasonal springtime ingredient. Wild garlic leaves add a wonderfully subtle, savoury flavour to sandwiches, salads, stir-fries and soups – and can be transformed into wild garlic oil and butter to preserve the bounty.
Look for wild garlic from around March until May each year in the UK. Later in its season it has star-shaped white flowers. You can learn how to forage for wild garlic here.
Our favourite wild garlic recipes include wild garlic pesto, ravioli and roast chicken smothered with wild garlic butter. Try it in a lasagne, or even baked into a loaf of bread!
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Quiche recipes
Trout, spring onion and wild garlic quiche
Wild garlic gives this creamy trout quiche a delicate fragrance that lifts oily fish beautifully. A perfect spring lunch for sharing.
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Wild garlic pesto lasagne
Make the most of seasonal wild garlic with this springtime wild garlic pesto lasagne. It’s quicker and lighter than your standard lasagne.
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April seasonal recipes
Wild garlic oil
This bright green oil captures the intensely garlicky, slightly grassy flavour of wild garlic and lasts months in the freezer.
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Crispy potatoes with wild garlic pesto mayo
Meet your new favourite side dish. Top crispy potatoes with dollops of DIY wild garlic pesto mayo. Serve as part of a laid-back Sunday roast.
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Vegan comfort food
Vegan wild garlic lasagne
Plant-based foods can be pricey, but if you forage the garlic, this vegan lasagne recipe delivers punchy flavours and moreish ‘cheese’ sauce.
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Roast chicken recipes
Wild garlic, tarragon and mint roast chicken with lettuce and peas
This springtime wild garlic roast chicken makes the most of seasonal spring produce – wild garlic and herbs like tarragon and mint.
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Wild garlic butter
Now you've foraged for it, are you wondering what to do with your wild garlic? Here's a handy, freezable recipe for wild garlic butter.
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Wild garlic ravioli
Want to make homemade wild garlic ravioli from scratch? This recipe is perfect for spring: homemade spinach pasta filled with wild garlic.
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Homemade pesto recipes
Wild garlic and hazelnut pesto
This four-ingredient wild garlic and hazelnut pesto takes just 10 minutes to make and tastes great with soups, pasta dishes, meat, fish and more.
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Toastie recipes
Cheddar, pickled mushroom and wild garlic toastie
In a cheese toastie cook-off, chef Sasha Matkevich came out on top with this rich, cheesy comforting recipe with quick-pickled mushrooms.
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Wild garlic pesto pappardelle with crispy ‘nduja breadcrumbs
This quick wild garlic pesto pasta recipe livens up your midweek repertoire with a spicy n'duja kick. It's ready in just 15 minutes.
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April seasonal recipes
Pork chops with spelt, wild garlic and purple sprouting broccolli
This quick and easy pork recipe celebrates some of spring's most prized ingredients – wild garlic and purple sprouting broccoli.
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Wild garlic pesto
Swap your traditional pesto for this wild garlic recipe during the spring while the leafy plants are in season and ready to be foraged.
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Mash recipes
Creamy potato and wild garlic mash
The intense flavour of wild garlic in this mash recipe contrasts beautifully with the creamy, fluffy potatoes; a perfect springtime side dish.
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Wild garlic and goat’s cheese pie
Debbie Major's wild garlic and goat's cheese pie recipe is based on the Greek dish, spanakopita, which is made with a mixture of wild greens.
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Budget pasta recipes
Filini pasta with asparagus, peas and wild garlic pesto
Debbie Major's wild garlic pesto is a winner with any pasta dish. This recipe is made with seasonal spring asparagus and peas.
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