Now is wild garlic or ramsons time. For a short time in spring we have “Bärlauch” all over in Germany. Time for my favourite recipe Ramsons-Risotto.
Ingredients
250-300g Risotto (Carnaroli or Vialone Nano)
1l vegetable, chicken or veal broth
1 glass white wine
1 bunch ramsons/wild garlic/Bärlauch
50g butter
50g parmesan
splash lemon+peel
1-2 shallots
Preparation
http://web.me.com/martinbarz/old/berlinkitchen/Slideshow_Wild_Garlic_Risotto.html
P.S. More info about ramsons:
Thanks for the recipe and the link, Martin.
I was thinking these were the same as our “RAMPS” which are similar – but according to Wikipedia they are a different species
I would bet that they would work in your recipe regardless.
If I were to attempt this without knowing a source of Ramps or Ramsons, I would go to an oriental grocery and buy some garlic chives. These are a big fat long version of chives which have a strong smell of garlic. So you are getting the garlic flavor from leaves, which is the same concept…
YES Frank, it is a bit difficult to find it in USA. Interestingly in England, it is widely known.