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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Drinks
One of the most popular ways of using elderflower heads is by making them into an elderflower cordial. The elderflower cordial can be drunk with still or sparkling water, added to an elderflower gin cocktail, made into aromatic icing, or used in these Elderflower and Lemon Cupcakes. The whitish elderflowers decorate the summer landscape and
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Condiments & Preserves
It's finally time to make blackberry jam! Late summer and early autumn mark the ripening of the delicious blackberries that you can find in the forest edges, hedgerows and thickets. Blackberries are not only packed with vitamins, they are also incredibly tasty. Their large size makes it easy to pick a good portion in a
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Drinks
Elderflower gin cocktail is a fresh, sweet, and tasty summer cocktail made with homemade elderflower cordial, lemon, gin, and sparkling water. Enjoy this cocktail with friends and family and have an amazing summer! You can find the recipe for my simple elderflower cordial here and use it in the tasty elderflower gin cocktail. Elderflower Gin
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Side Dishes
Delicious pan fried oyster mushrooms glazed in honey and butter. This easy recipe for pan fried oyster mushrooms can be used as a side dish to a wide variety of dishes. The fried oyster mushrooms can also be added to this Spicy Oyster Mushroom Burger The recipe can also be used for other mushrooms such as
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