300 g wood garlic which I foraged from the Rhein RIver nature reserve Rappenwörth vclose to Karlsruhe, Germany. Rinse thoroughly and cut.

500 ml of extra virgin olive oil and 200 - 250 g of pecorino. Grind pecorino.

Mix wood garlich and olive oil and blend in a mixer. Add grinded pecorino and season with salt. Keep in the fridge, for longer storage time freeze.

Pasta with wood garlic pesto. Yummy!

Wood Garlic Pesto
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2020 Ganymed Spätburgunder Pinot Noir Auslese Großkarlbacher Burgweg 14.5% Lingenfelder Estate, Palatinate (Pfalz), Germany, aromatic wine, dark cherries, slight animating bitterness of cherry pits, a touch of plume, well balanced acidity which keeps the wine fresh and lilting despite its 14.5%. Goes very well with the meat balls.

Meat balls: minced meat (pork and beef), wood garlic, onion, egg, bulgur, salt and pepper.

I brown the meat balls in fat of a slice of pancetta, then simmer them in tomato sauce (canned tomatoes, chicken broth, oregano).

Meat balls with wood garlich in tomato sauce.

Wine & Dine - Spätburgunder & Wood Garlic Meat Balls
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Chopped wood garlic.

Plenty of olive oil, wisk two eggs with salt and a wee bit of milk, pour into hot oil and add wood garlic, simmer with closed lid two to three minutes.

Omelette with wood garlic.

Nature & Technology - Rhein River Floodplain 7
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February 24, 2026, Rappenwörth nature reserve, Karlsruhe, Germany: Lots of rain and the temperature rose above 10°C (50°F) during the last days. Perfect conditions for wood garlic to grow. It poked out of the ground a few days ago but was too small to be harvested. Today is the day!

February 24, 2026, Rappenwörth nature reserve, Karlsruhe, Germany: Lots of rain and the temperature rose above 10°C (50°F) during the last days. Perfect conditions for wood garlic to grow. It poked out of the ground a few days ago but was too small to be harvested. Today is the day!

February 24, 2026, Rappenwörth nature reserve, Karlsruhe, Germany: I cut wood garlic with one of my favorit knifes, hand-forged with an ironwood handle by master blacksmith Schanz from Stutensee.

February 24, 2026, Rappenwörth nature reserve, Karlsruhe, Germany: 1/4 of the wood garlic I harvested. 3/4 I gave to vegetarian friends. My share is enough for an omelette with wood garlic tomorrow morning.

Nature & Technology - Rhein River Floodplain
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Wild garlic season begins!

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