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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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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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Porcini and chanterelle risotto is a creamy and very delicious mushroom risotto. Try to serve this as an appetizer for 4 people or as a main course for 2. I like to use fresh porcini and chanterelle mushrooms since they, in my opinion, have a way stronger taste than if they were dried. The rice used
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Snacks
Giant puffball mini pizzas are light, delicate alternative mini pizzas with a crust of giant puffball slices, a traditional tomato sauce and topping of your choice. Giant puffball mini pizzas are super easy to make, and they can be eaten as a delicious snack for any occasion. For this recipe, you can use either the
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The hedgehog mushroom is a very tasteful wild mushroom and tastes great in pasta. This hedgehog mushrooms and bacon pasta is a creamy pasta made with garlic, onion, thyme, oregano, parsley, heavy cream, parmesan cheese and contains, therefore, a lot of flavors.

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Christmas
Risalamande “Ris à l’amande” is a Danish rice pudding dessert which is the most common Christmas dessert served on Christmas Eve. Risalamande is based on Risengrød which is a rice pudding containing rice, whole milk, water, and salt. After the rice pudding is made and cooled down completely, whipped cream, sugar, vanilla sugar, and blanched
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