How to Cook Fiddlehead Ferns (Blanching)
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2022
- I get lots of questions on fiddles every year so here's a quickbreak-down of how I cook all of mine: blanched for 1.5-2 minutes at a rolling boil, then spread out on a tray to cool. After blanching you can cook them like any other vegetable.
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Best video so far w/quick precise explanations... No one wants to get sick. And everyone should bring out the best in their food. Thank you
More in-depth info on edible fiddleheads in general: foragerchef.com/how-to-identify-and-cook-fiddlehead-ferns/
I really liked this! Here in Florida our season is over, but, you are going to save me so many fiddle heads in the future! I thought the ice bath discolored ones were bad. I'm so trying this next season. Thanks 👏👏👏
FLORIDA HAS THEM? I lived there for 18 years and never knew that
I tried your Fermented knotweed recipe...i usually pickle them every spring. I like your way much better🙂
I love that one.
Amazing video! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Chef. If this method works for you please leave a rating on the post linked in the video description. Some people have been dinging it, and I think they're just skeptical of the process or think they're undercooked. Once you make them like this, you won't go back though.
Great, thank you! Love
Thank you
thats great
Just picked some. Still sbow in the woods lol
I just bought some at the Cambridge Whole Foods for 5.99. I was looking for locally grown things and felt I should try these. The apple cider is really good. Organic Bananas are 79 cents a pound and they are better than target's.
i wish i could go out and do this, but the first thing I'd pick up would probably be a deadly look alike. I'll just watch you do it.
You can do it! Next year. There are no deadly look a likes for fiddleheads. These are very easy in the scheme of things.
Do you have a video on water bath canning pickled fiddleheads?
Kind of. You can't water bath can them though-it'll make them mushy. I hot pack them. The FDA would disppaprove, but it works. One guy harvests them commercially and used it to pickle up to 50 lbs at a time. foragerchef.com/pickled-fiddlehead-ferns/
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When did you go from blanching to cooking? all your extra chatter kind of blended everything together...
So after I blanch them, can I add them to a stir-fry after I cook the other veggies?
Yes! That’s exactly what you do. Some are a little bitter after blanching, some aren’t. Either way once they’re seasoned they’ll be great.
Watching from Nigeria
But we over here it's usually cooked like soup and eaten with swallow 🍲
Swallow - this, I assume, is a term for a category of starchy foods used to alternate with soups?
Is the water the f/h were cooked in safe? Could it be reused as soup stock? Or does it contain toxin?
No it’s bitter discard it
WHAT KIND OF VARIETY ARE THEY?
He literally says it 10 seconds into the video? Did you even listen to him? Christ
Sir how much cost fiddle ferns kg
At peak season I used to pay $15US/lb. $45/kg
what its cll in Tamil
Hello i need fiddleheads for the college project anyone can you please help me
Too many recipes call for 8-10 minutes of boil. 2 minutes makes more sense. And fiddleheads, ramps and morels are an amazing combo.
Agree 100%. I can’t stand mushy fiddles. If the water’s at a rolling boil you can get away with a little less time if the fiddles are small. Big thick ones need the 2 min to not discolor after cooling though.
I blanched for 5 minutes then sautéed with garlic, seasoning butter and olive oil and a splash of lemon juice. They were good! Firm but tender. I sautéed them right after blanching.
You have to boil them 15 minutes or steam.10-12 minutes. Otherwise you risk getting sick
@@wendykalecki5498 This is not true at all if you’re using ostrich ferns. It’s comments like these that spread misinformation about this plant. Boiled for 15 minutes you’ll have a pile of mush to put on your compost. If you cook ostrich fiddleheads and get sick, you likely did not identify them correctly-that is exactly why there’s so much confusion. People misidentify the plant, get sick, then blame the real plant for their mistake. Tale as old as time.
@@foragerchef4141 you are totally wrong. But ok.