Making wild garlic salt is a great way to preserve fresh wild garlic leaves. So you can enjoy the taste all year round. We explain what you should consider.
The wild garlic season starts in mid-March and you can harvest wild garlic leaves for homemade wild garlic salt. Wild garlic not only offers a wonderful, regional variety in the kitchen, but is also very healthy. The leaves contain valuable essential oils, as well as vitamin C and minerals such as iron, manganese and magnesium.
In addition to the classic wild garlic pesto, there are countless other recipes with wild garlic. We’ll show you a simple recipe for wild garlic salt so that you don’t have to do without the fine, spicy taste of the wild garlic leaves for the rest of the year.
Wild garlic salt: Two simple ingredients
You only need two ingredients for the basic recipe:
250 g table salt or other salt
100 g fresh wild garlic
Since dried wild garlic leaves quickly lose their taste, it is best to process them immediately after collecting them. Optionally, you can refine the wild garlic salt with a little spiciness. White pepper or chilli are particularly suitable for this.
You also need:
a mortar or a blender
Screw-top jars for filling
Recipe for wild garlic salt
The preparation of wild garlic salt is very simple:
Wash the wild garlic thoroughly.
Dry the leaves well or place them in a salad spinner.
Then remove the stems and cut the leaves into strips.
Grind the strips in your mortar or use a chopping knife to cut them into a homogeneous mass.
Mix the salt with the wild garlic paste.
Spread the mixture on a baking sheet.
It is best to dry the moist salt in the sun. This is the best way to preserve the taste of the wild garlic. This takes about eight hours. (In bad weather, you can alternatively dry the wild garlic salt in the oven at around 50 degrees. Check regularly whether it is already dry and stir it with a spoon so that it dries evenly. It should be ready in about four hours.)
You can fill your wild garlic salt directly into a spice mill or grind it finely again before filling it into screw-top jars.
You can simply sprinkle wild garlic salt on buttered bread or use it for cooking. From scrambled eggs, to salads or pan-fried vegetables – wild garlic is always a good choice, even if garlic would also be a good choice.
Storage: Wild garlic salt should be stored in a dark and dry place. The wild garlic is well preserved by the salt and lasts for at least a year.
