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.

Stinging nettles (Urtica dioica ... freeze whatever you don’t use the first time. Cook the leek, fennel, and celery in the olive oil and salt over medium low heat until the vegetables are ...