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.

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Rose hips are the fruits of the rose flower plant. Rose hips replace the fallen flowers when the temperatures lower. Rose hips are edible and are shaped round or oval. The color of rose hips is normally bright red to orange – the darker the red the riper.

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Ground Elder Season Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) is a perennial plant that typically emerges in spring and early summer. The young leaves are the most delicious and flavorful and should be harvested before the plant flowers. The best time to forage for the leaves is in April and May. Where to Find it Ground elder
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Appetizers
Funnel chanterelle toast is a super tasty and not least easy dish to make. Funnel chanterelles have a deep, unique taste of umami and mushrooms, and go really well with butter, heavy cream and bread. Funnel chanterelles can be found in autumn in deciduous and coniferous forests. They love damp moss, and once you've found
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Condiments & Preserves
Wild rose salt is a beautiful, floral, and super tasty pink salt made from wild rose petals and flake salt. It is very simple to make and the salt stays good for a long time. Use wild roses from a non-polluted area and inspect each petal for insects. The Latin name of the wild rose
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