So limited in time. So delicious!! I have cooked them before but never had them so fresh. If we are able to leave the city early on Fridays and have time to go to this grocer in Poughkeepsie, we are set for the following week. This grocer has amazing local vegetables, very reasonably priced, as well as great fish and meats. They had fiddlehead ferns AND baby artichokes that were just beautiful!!!
So I made the fiddleheads on Friday night. Blanched them in boiling water for a minute and then sauteed them in ½ tbs. butter for a bit until some browned edges started showing up.
A little salt and pepper and that’s all you need!
Talk about DELICIOUS!!!! Really yummy – my husband was still talking about them tonight!
My advice, try to find these babies NOW. They are only around for 1-2 weeks.
Please let me know how you make out with them.
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An early summer delight!
The cut-outs!
These are really gorgeous. I just bought some for the first time and they were a lot more brown. Delicious! Gorgeous pics.
I know – that’s how I had them before – brown bits all over – these were gorgeous!!
I grew up in Maine with my mother and dad going out every Spring and collecting fiddleheads. It was a glorious time in her kitchen and we kids all said, “Weeds you picked from the side of the road??? Ewwww”
Then I grew up and realized how good they are.
Too funny!
What on earth are fiddlehead ferns? So interesting looking!
Straight from Wikipedia – Fiddleheads are the furled fronds of a young fern,[1] harvested for use as a vegetable. Left on the plant, each fiddlehead would unroll into a new frond (circinate vernation). As fiddleheads are harvested early in the season before the frond has opened and reached its full height, they are cut fairly close to the ground.
Fiddleheads have antioxidant activity, are a source of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, and are high in iron and fibre.[2] Certain varieties of fiddleheads have been shown to be carcinogenic. – So you have to know which ones to pick!