Dandelion in English, voikukka (butter flower) in Finnish.
Family: Asteraceae.
Genus: Taraxacum.
Species: T. officinale.
Our yard was completely covered with dandelions this year, and so, making sure to leave plenty for the bees, I was eager to forage them and create something delicious.
I have known this plant very well since I was a kid, since my granny would always collect some of it and add it to salads, or fry it with bacon as a side dish.
Did you know?
All parts of the dandelion are edible: flowers, stems, leaves and even roots.
How to use Dandelion
Leaves:
Use them in salad or in cooking as you would use arugula
Fry them in a pan as a side dish
Add them to soups
Use them like spinach or chard in salty pies
Roots:
Roasted and ground as a tea/coffee substitute
Flowers:
Decoration, for both sweet and savory dishes
Syrups, mead and infuses
Baking
Skincare
Stop by The Adagio Blog tomorrow to get the recipe for a delicious and vegan Dandelion Honey!
Italian photographer, recipe developer and content creator, Thais came to Finland by chance, but stayed for love. Through photography she tells stories about traveling, eating, cooking and living sustainably, in order to discover new cultures and not to forget her origins.
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