Ramsons: garlic of the bears

Perhaps you have already heard of it or perhaps you are wondering what a plant has in common garlic with bears. We can begin by telling you that for us wild garlic is a strange combination of mystery and elegance.

It is a plant first and foremost spontaneous, which perhaps many of you have been able to step on without knowing walking in some woods or venturing by chance into some path of hilly areas. Plant strong, able to overcome the cold winters and reappear indomitable after months of forced dormancy. Plant Elegant, with its elongated and well-defined leaves, and its perfect and delicate flowers.

In wooded areas, this garlic is the first hint of spring, the first jolt of a A new start. It emerges slowly, breaking out of the firm ground and is the first form of sustenance that a forest animal such as a bear can find when everything else is still almost essentially immobile.

Then you will wonder if it is perhaps simply forage for animals: absolutely not. Allium ursinum It is a kind entirely edible here too human beings. We want to say entirely because all of its parts can be used ie bulbs, flowers and leaves. The taste? Clearly garlic, but not any. The possible combinations are various: fish, sauces, sauces, sauces, soups, pesto, potatoes, pasta. We leave it to you to try and judge!

In the photo a detail of the Allium ursinum flower in cultivation.