Rinsing Nettles (wear gloves!)
Nettles are everywhere I look and I can’t control myself!
Today I made nettle pasta. Here is a very simple recipe for homemade pasta from my friend Wilma from Tavarnelle Val di Pesa Florence, Italy.
eggs from healthy chickens in a well of flour
Pasta 101
4 cups Semolina flour
4 eggs (or 2 cups cooked vegetables [...]
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Now is the time to harvest nettle leaves, before they flower.
Nettles are intensely nourishing as a vegetable or as a tea. Cooking dispels the sting, as does drying. Fresh nettles may be simmered in a little water for ten to twenty minutes for a spinach-like vegetable rich in protein, a very high source of [...]
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