You can harvest sorrel on your next walk. We will show you what to watch out for and how to prepare a delicious strawberry sorrel salad.
How to harvest sorrel for your salad
You find sorrel, a weed belonging to the knotweed family, in many meadows. Just take a closer look next time you’re out in nature. The main harvest time is from spring to July.
You can tell sorrel by its elongated, lanceolate leaves. These grow from the ground in a rosette shape. In the flowering period, between May and June, you can easily distinguish sorrel. During this time, long panicles with inconspicuous reddish flowers are pushed up to a meter high from the ground.
If the meadows are public, you can harvest some leaves for your salad. Choose only as much as you need. This allows the plants to grow back in peace. Of course, you don’t have to harvest the main ingredient for your delicious summer salad from private property.
If the sorrel leaves are still very small, it is better to let them grow a little longer. You can harvest the leaves from a diameter of about ten centimeters. Sorrel has a bitter taste. You can balance this in your vegan salad with the sweetness of the strawberries and dressing.
By the way: The earlier in the year, the lower the risk of sorrel leaves tasting too bitter or sour.
Vegan Strawberry Sorrel Salad Recipe
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Have at the beginning of summer Strawberry their peak season. Combine the sorrel harvest with a trip to the strawberry field. If possible, pay attention to organic quality with strawberries. This is how you support an agriculture that is based on chemical-synthetics PESTICIDES is avoided and thus protects the environment and health.
This is how you prepare a delicious summer salad from your own harvested ingredients.
Sorrel salad with strawberries
- Preparation: about 15 minutes
- The crowd: 1 portion(s)
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200 g
sorrel
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50 gr
lettuce
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400 gr
Strawberry
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1
spring onions
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0.5
Red onion
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1 tablespoon
Sunflower seeds
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1 teaspoon
agave syrup
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1 teaspoon
mustard
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1 teaspoon
Apple cider vinegar
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1 tablespoon
sunflower oil
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0.5 fingers
garlic
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1 tip
Salt
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1 tip
pepper
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A few chickpeas
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Prepare your sorrel and lettuce leaves. Wash and then dry.
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Wash and dry the strawberries as well. Then cut them in half lengthwise and put them in a bowl with the salad.
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Cut the onions into small pieces and add to the rest of the salad along with the sunflower seeds.
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Now you prepare the outfit. To do this, first mix agave syrup, mustard, apple cider vinegar and sunflower oil.
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Using a garlic press, crush the garlic into the sauce. Otherwise, you can finely chop it.
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Adjust the dressing with salt and pepper. When you’re satisfied, spread it over your sorrel salad.
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At the end, garnish your salad with chopped chives.
Sorrel is so healthy
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This refreshing and light salad is ideal for warm days. The strawberries add a wonderful pop of color.
The recipe is not only regional and seasonal, but also healthy. With its high vitamin C content, sorrel has health-promoting effects for you. It is said to help with gastrointestinal complaints, reduce fever and have a diuretic effect. Sorrel gives a boost to sluggish digestion. of bitter substances in sorrel are also very healthy.
If you have sorrel left over from your harvest, you can make a delicious one from the rest Sorrel soup prepare.
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