Welcome to Skovkær! This is your gateway to the world of wild food and foraging. Here, you’ll find a variety of delicious recipes made with wild ingredients, along with blog posts full of inspiration, tips, and practical advice to help you get started on your own foraging journey. At the top of the page, you’ll find links to our seasonal wild recipes. You can also dive into the blog to discover more about edible plants, foraging techniques, and creative ways to cook with nature’s pantry.

We hope Skovkær inspires you to explore the outdoors, try new ingredients, and enjoy the beauty of cooking with wild food.

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The sweet violet (Viola odorata) is a perennial flowering plant native to Europe and Asia. It belongs to the violet family, which includes over 500 different species. It is also known by the names of wood violet, common violet, florist’s violet, English violet, and garden violet. Odorata, which is part of the Latin name of
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Description Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) is a small and charming plant that grows wild in Denmark and many other temperate regions around the world. Despite rarely reaching a height of more than 15-20 cm, they have an impressive ability to spread across large areas. The plants have distinctive leaves resembling three fingers, with a pale
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Soups
Cauliflower soup topped with morel mushrooms – a creamy and super tasty winter soup. The other day I was craving for cauliflower soup in these cold winter times, so I bought a fresh cauliflower head and decided to make a cauliflower soup. I normally create recipes myself, so I didn’t look up a recipe. Instead,
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Condiments & Preserves
Sweet violet sugar is a delightful recipe that you can easily make using wild violets. To make your own wild violet sugar, you should first find fresh sweet violets from a clean and pesticide-free area. Bring a small plastic container and make sure to only pick the violets that are in good condition. Remember to
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Appetizers
Porcini carpaccio is a super delicious and not least easy starter to make. Carpaccio traditionally consists of thinly sliced raw meat or fish and is served with rocket, parmesan cheese, pine nuts and sometimes pesto. This carpaccio is therefore a great vegetarian alternative with raw, fresh porcini mushrooms, rocket and a pesto dressing. Porcini mushrooms
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