A quick, easy and tasty side dish featuring the garlic-onion-leek flavor of wild ramps.  Because wild ramp puree can be frozen, you can enjoy this recipe outside of ramp season if you’ve stashed some while fresh ramps are available. Ingredients: 1 bunch Small Carrots, Peeled (we used rainbow carrots) 2 tbsp Wild Ramp Puree Recipe …

Super simple & super tasty.  It doesn’t take much to make asparagus and wild ramps shine. Ingredients: Asparagus Spears, Halved Lengthwise Wild Ramps Salt & Pepper Olive Oil Directions: 1. Clean the ramps (how to clean ramps). 2. Toss the ramps and asparagus spears with salt, pepper and olive oil. 3. Put them in a …

There’s nothing boring about this bean salad – the ramps and morel mushrooms bring some of mother nature’s most amazing foraged flavors to what was once a humble side dish. Drink Pairing: Pilsner Ingredients:                                            …

Risotto without cheese? Yes…and thanks to the garlic-y, oniony flavor of wild ramps, you will love it. Wine Pairing: Chardonnay Ingredients:                         Makes 4 Servings 4 tbsp + 3 tbsp Unsalted Butter 1 1/2 quarts Vegetable Stock   (quantity can vary, so have extra on hand) 2 cups Vialone Nano Rice (could substitute other risotto rice, modifying …

This ramp puree is versatile and delicious ingredient, and can be frozen for long term storage.  Try mixing it in risotto, in scrambled eggs, tossing it with cooked veggies or pasta…etc etc etc. This recipe only uses ramps’ long, delicate, bright green leaves…leaving the more robust bottoms/whites for use in sautes and other recipes. Ingredients: …

Because wild ramps aren’t a vegetable that many people have encountered before, we thought we’d publish a simple tutorial to getting them ready to eat.  How to Clean Ramps: 1.  Rinse ramps under cool running water. 2.  Discard any tough, over-large leaves unless your recipe involves pureeing. (They offer a lot of flavor, but can be …

Ramps (wild leeks) and potatoes are a match made in heaven.  Here’s a quick and easy way to take a humble baked potato and amp it up with one of the best wild flavors Mother Nature has to offer. Ingredients:                                 (Makes 3 Servings) 1/4lb Fresh Ramps, cleaned (How to Clean Ramps) 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter 2 tbsp Heavy Cream 3 …

Here we’re using ramps (wild leeks) in place of both the herbs and the garlic in pesto. It’s gorgeous, it’s got a really strong (delicious!) ramp flavor, but it doesn’t have much bite or spice because the ramps’ zing smoothes into the oil & cheese’s richness. Drink Pairings: Chablis or Bonarda from Argentina Ingredients: 1lb …

While miner’s lettuce and fresh morels are associated with Spring in the Pacific Northwest, in the Northeast they look forward to the arrival of delicious wild ramps or fiddlehead ferns.  If you like the flavor of onions, leeks, and scallions, these are the wild vegetables for you! Smoky, herby, and oniony, grilled ramps bring tremendous flavor to the table and …

Two spring favorites together in the same simple side dish.  Wild produce brings so much flavor to the party you don’t really need much else…just a little butter for richness. Ingredients:        (Makes Four Servings) 3 cups Fresh Morels 1 ½ cups Fresh Ramps 5 tbsp Unsalted Butter Directions: 1. Melt some butter in a frying …