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Produce => Recipes => Topic started by: lottie lou on September 02, 2013, 21:02:40

Title: wild rocket
Post by: lottie lou on September 02, 2013, 21:02:40

Have grown some wild rocket.  However it is tougher than the stuff you get in packets and the flavour is strong.  Apart from deep frying it and telling everyone that it is crispy seaweed, does anyone else have and ideas what to do with it?

Title: Re: wild rocket
Post by: alkanet on September 03, 2013, 08:21:48

The wild rocket I grew i found pretty much inedible, but I didn't cook it. The main leaf rib was too tough

Title: Re: wild rocket
Post by: antipodes on September 03, 2013, 10:02:46

Use only the smaller leaves, remove the ribbed parts and shred them and add them to salads. Don't make a whole salad of them, they are too strong; you can also add them to any Italian dish, or a tomato sauce.

Title: Re: wild rocket
Post by: galina on September 04, 2013, 08:09:34

Chop coarsely, then blitz with olive oil, garlic and nuts (pine nuts ideally) for a different but delicious pesto sauce.

Title: Re: wild rocket
Post by: theone on September 04, 2013, 08:34:54

I put just a few leaves in a cheese sandwich, it gives a super 'zing' to it.