However, there's one critical step you can't miss when cooking with stinging nettles -- de-stinging them. Stinging nettles get their name from the hollow hairs on their leaves which produce an ...

It's best to pick young nettles, that haven't become coarse or furry. Do not eat them once flowers have grown on the plant. Wear thick gloves to pick and prepare them to avoid getting stung.

Cook the leek, fennel ... gently flatten with your hand, top with the nettles and broil. Old school Oysters Rockefeller requires opening the bivalves, pulling off the flatter ‘top’ shell ...

If using nettles, use gloves to handle them until cooked. Cooking the nettles will remove their sting. Note: To sterilise glass jars, preheat the oven to 120C fan-forced (140C conventional).