Make wild garlic butter yourself: it's that easy!

You want to make wild garlic butter yourself and are looking for an easy tutorial? Then you've come to the right place! Making wild garlic butter is child's play. We show you how it's done!

Let's face it: there is nothing better than wild garlic butter on homemade rolls with cucumber and sprouts or in summer with grilled food. It tastes so good!

And the best thing about it: You only need three ingredients to make wild garlic butter yourself. Totally easy and mega delicious.

It can even be prepared in a vegan version. Simply replace the butter with an appropriate alternative.

By the way, the DIY butter is also a great gift for birthdays or a delicious souvenir.

Why you should make wild garlic butter yourself

Wild garlic not only tastes delicious, but also has a high content of vitamin A, vitamin C and iron. The medicinal herb is very healthy and helps, among other things, against spring fatigue.

Homemade wild garlic butter is a great way to add variety to your diet with this delicious medicinal herb.

At the same time, this way you can store the herb throughout the winter and add it anytime over cooked vegetables or on homemade bread.

Wild garlic butter also tastes wonderful on fish or meat.

When does the wild garlic season start?

Wild garlic sprouts wildly from the ground between March and May and covers many clearings and forest edges. During this time you can collect the herb yourself or buy it at the weekly market. Sometimes you can also find wild garlic in the supermarket.

If you have a garden, you can also plant wild garlic yourself and then make endless amounts of wild garlic butter yourself. Once the wild herb has taken root, it spreads wildly over wide areas. Therefore, plant wild garlic better with a root barrier in a larger container or at the edge of your garden.

What to look for when collecting wild garlic?

As with all wild herbs, only pick them if you really know them. If you are not sure or have never picked herbs before, join someone who has experience. Alternatively, you can go to the farmer's market and buy the plants.

Experiments can lead to poisoning. Poisonous lily of the valley is often confused with wild garlic. However, those in the know immediately recognize the leaves by their dull color and distinctive garlic aroma.

If you make your wild garlic butter right after harvest, it will be the tastiest. The longer it takes to process the leaves after harvest, the more wilted they become.

If you collect wild garlic yourself, put it in a basket so it doesn't get crushed. If you can't use it right away, wrap it in a damp cloth and store it in the refrigerator. This way it will stay fresh for a few days.

What ingredients you need for homemade wild garlic butter

Before we get right into it, let's take a look at the ingredients. After all, you should know what you're eating.

You only need a few ingredients to make wild garlic butter. I'll now show you what ingredients end up in my butter and why I chose it.

Butter

The butter is undoubtedly the most important ingredient. It ensures that the cabbage remains connected and we can beautifully shape the recipe.

I use regular butter from the store. If you are lactose intolerant or on a vegan diet, you can use margarine for this recipe.

It is important that you take the butter out of the refrigerator an hour before you prepare it. This softens it and makes it easier to process and mix with the wild garlic.

Lemon juice

Lemon is one of the healthiest fruits. It contains numerous vitamins, including vitamin A and C. In addition, it also contains minerals such as calcium, potassium or magnesium.

Lemons not only protect the heart, but also help absorb iron. Iron is important for the transport of oxygen in the blood and strengthening the immune system.

The lemon juice gives the wild garlic butter a delicious freshness and effervescence.

Spices

Here you can let off steam and prepare the wild garlic butter according to your taste.

Salt, bell pepper, paprika, chili, garlic and nutmeg fit perfectly and make the butter particularly tasty.

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How to make wild garlic butter yourself

Are you ready? Then let's get started right away. Here you'll find a detailed tutorial with very specific instructions. But before I tell you more, take the butter out of the fridge. It needs to be soft so it's easy to work with.

If you've made wild garlic butter yourself before or are just looking for inspiration, you'll find a quick version of the recipe at the end of this post.

Here comes the longer version with exact step-by-step instructions. So make wild garlic butter itself is a breeze!

The recipe makes 250 grams.

Ingredients

• 250 g butter
• 60 g wild garlic
• 1/2 lemon
• Salt & Pepper

Also: knife, board, rasp, bowl, wooden spoon and piping bag

Prepare wild garlic

First of all, prepare the wild garlic. Wash it thoroughly and shake it properly dry so that the recipe becomes really intense.

Now cut the herb into very fine pieces and chop it small. The smaller, the more aroma the wild garlic gives off. Be sure to use a sharp knife, otherwise you will squeeze the essential oils in board and have less flavor in the butter.

If you like, you can also chop the leaves in a food processor for an even more intense green in the wild garlic butter.

Squeeze lemon

Grate a little of the peel with a fine grater. Then squeeze half of the lemon.

Be sure to use an organic lemon for this.

Mix ingredients

Put the softened butter in a bowl with the wild garlic, lemon juice and lemon zest. Mix the ingredients with a wooden spoon to a homogeneous mass.

Add the spices, give the mixture another good stir and taste the butter.

Make wild garlic butter yourself

In the next step, pour the entire mixture into a piping bag. For this purpose, lay out a piece of baking paper and press the butter through the form you have chosen.

Now the baking paper goes into the refrigerator so that the butter can harden.

When it's firm, you can remove it from the paper and freeze it.

What you can refine the wild garlic butter with

You're not quite convinced yet and want to refine the wild garlic butter? Try it with these ingredients:

• Chili
• Paprika
• Nutmeg
• Curry powder
• Edible flowers
• Herbs of all kinds

Try different spices and herbs and find out for yourself how your butter tastes best. Look around at the market, here you are guaranteed to find something with which you can refine your wild garlic butter.

Can you freeze wild garlic butter?

You have lots of wild garlic at home? Great! Then you can make the butter in large quantities and freeze.

You have two options for this.

Form the butter into a roll with plastic wrap and twist the ends tightly. This way you can easily cut slices from it.

Or you fill the mass of wild garlic butter in a piping bag and make small blobs. Put them in the fridge.

When the butter is solid, cut it into small pieces and then put it in the freezer.

This way you can easily portion the butter and always defrost as much as you need.

In the freezer, the butter can be kept for up to 6 months.

Our conclusion

Wild garlic butter is very easy to make with little effort. Moreover, you can enjoy the butter all year round if you freeze it.

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