The Hedgerow Cookbook by Wild at Heart

Author:Wild at Heart [Heart, Wild at]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-909108-75-2
Publisher: Pavilion Books
Published: 2013-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

Rowan Berries

The rowan or mountain ash tree is found throughout the British Isles. It is as much at home alone on a blasted heath as it is in our towns and cities, where it is often planted to be decorative. Its flowers are pretty, but unfortunately they smell very unpleasant. The attractive berries, which appear between August and November, are bright orange-red. Identification is simple while its ash-like leaves are in place, but since the berries are often picked in October, after the leaves have fallen, it can be more problematic. If you are going to pick the berries late, it’s a good idea to make a positive identification in the summer. Fortunately, the only likely confusion is with the wild service or ‘checkers’ tree, which is not poisonous.

There are several ‘issues’ with rowan berries as a food item: they are sour, bitter, chock-full of pips and poisonous when raw. However, there is one, and only one, good reason to harvest them: rowan jelly. The best way to pick the berries is to snip the clusters whole from the tree, then strip them from the stalks once you get home.

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