Ingredients
- 200g wild greens*
- 20g sage extract
- 20g EVO oil
- 8g white vinegar (aged for 7 years)
- 1 kg almonds (whole and peeled)
- gin – enough to season the wild greens
Method:
- For the almond base: peel the almonds and blend them with water until they become a cream. Sieve the cream to make it smooth and soft.
- Season the wild greens with the sage extract, the EVO oil and the white vinegar, together with a few drops of gin.
- Lay the almond base on a dinner plate and top with the wild greens
* Niko uses 20 types of wild greens that grow around Casadonna:
- Tilia cordata
- Portulaca
- Goosegrass
- Lamb’s quarters
- Chickweed
- Sow thistle
- Bristly oxtongue
- Bull thistle
- Coltsfoot
- Field scabious
- Burnet
- Amaranth
- Buckhorn
- Wild carrot
- Potentilla
- Lucerne
- Hogweed
- Sorrel
- Dandelion
- Wild radish
Recipe courtesy of Niko Romito.
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