Salad with Wild Herbs
Insalata con erbe selvatiche
Urban foraging for goutweed, rocket and nettles make an interesting springtime addition to an extraordinary salad with wild herbs.
In the spring you often see Italians hunting the countryside for wild herbs like cicoria, rucola, barba di frate – a kind of saltwort that tastes a bit like chives, bruscandoli – a kind of humulus or hop, and other edible plants. I have never had any wild salad luck, but my Italian green grocer buys them from the local scavengers, and they make an interesting springtime addition to ordinary salads.
Ingredients
250 g wild salads and herbs like cicoria, rocket, barba di frate, bruscandoli (hop shoots), goutweed, nettles, spinach or more cultivated herbs and lettuce from the garden (or supermarket).
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
Preparation
Wash all the herbs, salads and peppers thoroughly
Chop and sprinkle with olive oil and vinegar before serving.
Other unusual salad recipes
Fritella Palermitana salad of beans, peas and artichoke
Salad with wild herbs might include saltwort, hop shoots or goutweed
Looks delicious! & Simple & Easy just the way I like it!
Thanks.