Wild greens

 

wild greens

At the moment, other than salad greens, there is not many local vegetable available in the market in Rovinj, Croatia, still too early in the season. Other than selling various green leaves, local people will collect wild edible greens from the land. Normally mixed in a big bag, I just buy a big handful of mixed varieties to cook.

Use a bit more oil than normal, because wild greens are normally quite rough and need to be cooked longer and with more oil to be tasty.

Start will garlic and ginger, gently sear to golden before adding leaves, salt and pepper, cook over medium heat until soft. 

wild greens

Most of the wild greens are mildly bitter, apparently good for liver cleansing, whatever, great to eat some wild food.