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Good Recipes With Marsh Samphire!

Marsh samphire (Salicornia spp), also known as glasswort and Sea Asparagus is a succulent salt-tolerant herbaceous plant that grows in salt marshes and on beaches. It is in season between June and August, but is best early in the season, before it flowers. he plant is famous in Norfolk, where pickled samphire has been served as a bar-top nibble for many years. Recently samphire has begun to appear on the menus of trendy restaurants. Mainly as a garnish though increasingly as an integral part of fish and seafood dishes.

This use of marsh samphire in trendy restaurants has made this a prince amongst wild foods and has introduced many people to the delights of foraging. Yet few people know how to make the best of marsh samphire itself.

The first essential is to pickle the plant, to make the most of it's short season:

Pickled Marsh Samphire

Ingredients:
1.4kg marsh samphire shoots
300g salt
800ml white pickling vinegar

Method:
This is best made with young marsh samphire, for more details visit to www.300-dip-recipes.com gathered in July (before the plant flowers). Trim the samphite, remove any woody stems then break into 5cm length pieces. Lay in the base of a dish and sprinkle with salt. Allow to marinate for 24 hours then wash the salt off.

Dry the samphire then place in a pan with just enough vinegar to flavour. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for 2 minutes. Pour into cleaned and sterilized jars that have been warmed in an oven set to 80°C. Seal and store until needed. 

But it is as a fresh vegetable that marsh samphire is at is best (and it is for this reason that it's called 'Sea Asparagus' and the following recipe makes a wonderful accompaniment for steak or tuna:

Samphire with Girolles

Ingredients:
200g girolle/chanterelle mushrooms
250g marsh samphire
Sea-salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
30ml extra-virgin olive oil
The juice of one lemon
1 clove of garlic, peeled and chopped
A small pinch of flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Method:
Wipe the mushrooms with a dry cloth (do not wash as the water will ruin them). Trim the samphite, for more details visit to www.chicken-wing-cookbook.com remove any woody stems and wash thoroughly. Place the samphire in a pan of boiling water and blanch for 1 minute. Drain and set aside.

Add the oil to a pan and when hot add the garlic and mushrooms. Cook for 1 minute then add the lemon juice and samphire. Cook until heated through then serve topped with the parsley.

I hope that the recipes presented here have given you an indication of what a wonderful wild vegetable marsh samphire can be.

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