The market · Alliums · Northern and Central Europe
Wild garlic
Ramsons: broad, soft leaves from damp spring woodland, tasting of garlic without the bite.
grassy · garlicky
If you can't find it
Woods and markets in early spring.
- The same, or spring onion with a little garlicYou lose the green, grassy garlic.
Goes with
Knowing it
- Where to buy
- Foraged, or from farmers' markets in spring. Don't mistake it for lily of the valley — crush a leaf; it should smell of garlic.
- Worth knowing
- Blitz with oil and salt and it keeps the season for months.
