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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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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The Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) is a popular winter mushroom, found in nature and cultivated at home. Its mild flavor and firm texture make it a versatile ingredient in a variety of dishes. This guide covers everything you need to know about Oyster Mushrooms – from where to find them in nature to the best
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Bread & Cakes
Simple, green, sweet, stinging nettle cake. This stinging nettle cake is for everyone who loves cakes and wants to try something new and delicious. The stinging nettle is despised by many, for its stinging reputation. But stinging nettles are so much more than that. Nettles can be used in countless dishes both savoury and sweet.
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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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Soups
Two of the most commonly foraged wild edibles in spring are stinging nettles and wild garlic. I cannot get enough of them - and there are endless options on how to use them. Fortunately, they also match perfectly together in dishes. Therefore, I developed this stinging nettle and wild garlic soup recipe. It is filled
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