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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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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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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Appetizers
Chanterelles a la creme on toasted bread is an unbeatable classic that simply highlights the unique, nutty flavor and rich texture of chanterelles. This recipe is perfect as a starter for four people. While not the healthiest dish due to the generous use of heavy cream and butter, these ingredients give the dish its silky
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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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Main Courses
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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