Wow! What a wonderfully, flavour packed herb Common Sorrel is! This super-delicious plant really doesn't get half the attention or culinary kudos it so rightly deserves. Aside from it's mouth-watering, citrusy, super tart and punchy taste profile, it's easy to identify, abundant and very versatile in the kitchen, forming the base of many an amazing dish whether savoury or sweet. Identification and Habitat: Common Sorrel has a preference for grassy areas; meadows, waste ground, fields and gardens. Each plant produces numerous leaves and can therefore be treated like cut and come lettuce (continuously producing leaves, except when in flower/seed stage). Common Sorrel (as with Sheep Sorrel) has very obvious identification features and it's wise to spend time familiarising yourself with these. One particularly stand-out feature is the distinctive 'split' located at the base of each leaf, instead of attaching to the leaf stem, it splays out, akin to a snakes to
Wild Food and Foraging Courses in Yorkshire, Cumbria and Northumbria. Wild Food Identification, Cooking, Preserving and Education. 4 Wild Seasons - Wild Food Dining Experiences