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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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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Welcome to this St. George's Mushroom foraging guide! As the crisp air of spring replaces the chill of winter, the forest floor comes to life with a myriad of treasures, among which the St. George's Mushroom, scientifically known as Calocybe gambosa, holds a special place. Join us as we explore the characteristics, habitat, culinary potential,
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Sauces
We all know the classic greek yogurt sauce Tzatziki with grated cucumber and garlic. This recipe replaces the garlic with wild garlic leaves and makes it a wild garlic tzatziki instead. Wild Garlic is known to be an early spring wild edible that is one of the most popular plants to forage. Wild Garlic has
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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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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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Appetizers
Blinis with morel mushrooms and creme fraiche is an elegant and delicious appetizer. Morels are valuable mushrooms known for their intense flavor and aroma, and their rich and sought-after taste makes this dish particularly suitable for special occasions when you want to treat your guests. Blinis are small, delicate pancakes that originate from Russia. They
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