Sautéed Wild Garlic Shoots with Smashed White Beans
Everybody's favourite wild spring veg is back - wild garlic, ramsons, bear garlic, alium ursinum or whatever you want to call it and now we can't imagine how we went through the rest of the year without it. It's appearing in February which is strange, but we have had an incredibly mild winter. If you want to make this dish I advise you get out there rather quickly as these shoots will very soon turn into fully formed leaves and I've even seen buds beginning to appear. You will definitely need a foraging knife for this (I just use my curved peeling knife for all of my foraging needs, a mushroom knife is also perfect) as you will need to cut a little under the ground below where you see the shoot forming. Once picked these little shoots require a bit of cleaning as there is usually mud hiding beneath the sheath. But all in all, I promise it's worth it. Ingredients About 20 Ramson shoots, washed and dried Juice of 1 lemon 2 tablespoons of oli...
