Sorrel

[roitelet]

I've grown some Sorrel this year, 'cos the seeds were free!! It's growing well but what Do I do with it now. Can it be eaten like Spinach?

[Pirahna]

Loads of uses for fresh sorrel.

Use in salad as another leaf to lift the taste, use with fish - stuff, make a sauce, make a pesto sauce, use as you might chard or spinach.

I think the french make a soup using it.

Only one warning - I think I remember from somewhere that it does contain an active ingredient which should not be consumed in high doses.

[PyreneesPlot]

All of the above! It has a sharp, lemony taste which can be a bit over-powering on its own.
And it doesn't hold its colour like spinach but goes sludge brown with cooking!

[taff]

Strick it in salads, and beware, it will spread a lot.....

[roitelet]

Thanks folks, Tried it as sauce with salmon and it was good. I think the taste is more prounced when it is cooked than when raw.

[Trix]

I'm about to start a patch of sorrel and am wondering how much it spreads? Was planning to stick it in with other herbs and salady stuff near my kitchen - will it take over? Thanks!

[Scarlet]

I have several plants...been there for two years, mine hasn't spread out too much - each plant is about 14 inch wide.

[Trix]

Thank you - that's perfect!

[RosiePosie]

I've yet to make substantial use of my sorrel, but I have used it successfully in pesto and in egg salad sandwiches (just a couple of leaves shredded finely; the hint of lemony bite was just right against the rich eggy mayo combo.)

It's exceedingly sour however, so don't treat it like spinach as I did once. Shredded and steamed it was just appalling, just one forkful and I felt like I'd sucked on a lime. Yuk.

[robmarston]

I've just bought some sorrel to plant in my new herb garden to be. Lots of recipes on the net if you google them but these posts are putting me off a bit.....hope I get some use out of it 😃


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[RosiePosie]

I've just bought some sorrel to plant in my new herb garden to be. Lots of recipes on the net if you google them but these posts are putting me off a bit.....hope I get some use out of it 


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It's a nice herb, used the right way. The key is to treat it as a flavouring to impart zest and lift to other things. A little bit in salad, a little bit in sauce, should be fine.

As it looks a bit spinachy, my mistake was to treat it as a vegetable; trying to eat a big steamed pile of it neat, wasn't a great idea.

[robmarston]

I was actually planning to treat it like spinach and do a big pile with butter..... Glad I've been warned 😃


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[Trix]

I was actually planning to treat it like spinach and do a big pile with butter.....

Oh-er, me too! Will use with caution