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- Dandelion is edible! Recipes with dandelions
- The leaves eat - taste and use ideas
- Better to eat only the young leaves
- Eat the flowers - recipe ideas
- Eat the roots - coffee for self-catering
- Tips
The young leaves of the dandelion can be used like salad
Dandelion is edible! Recipes with dandelions
The cow flower, buttercup or dandelion probably knows every human from our latitudes. It shines strikingly in early summer with its sun-yellow flowers and its leaves remain stuck with their rough teeth in the memory. Have you ever thought about eating the dandelion?
The leaves eat - taste and use ideas
The leaves of the dandelion are not only feed for rabbits and Co. They are also healthy and edible for humans. They taste tart and spicy and have a bitter aftertaste depending on their age. Granted, they do not taste very good. But processed you can conjure delicious things out of them.
It is best if you use the leaves fresh. If you have collected large quantities, you can also dry or even freeze the leaves.
Here are a few ideas for use in the kitchen:
Better to eat only the young leaves
Something that only a few know is that one should rather eat only the young leaves of the dandelion. The older leaves taste bitter and are less healthy in large quantities. They are rich in oxalic acid among others. In too high amounts, consumption often leads to nausea and vomiting.
Eat the flowers - recipe ideas
The sweet-tasting flowers can not only serve as a decoration in the fruit salad or on summery cakes and pies. They are also suitable for salads, syrup, jam and jelly. For a jelly you can boil the flowers with water, lemon juice, lemon zest, agar agar and xylitol, sieve and fill into jars.
Eat the roots - coffee for self-catering
Even the roots can be eaten and used. It is best to dry and grind them. Then a mild coffee can be prepared from the powder. This used to be a common alternative to ordinary coffee during wartime.
Tips
By the way, the dandelion helps with its bitter substances in digestive problems. As a precautionary measure, you are therefore welcome to add it to hard-to-digest meat and fat dishes.