I love wild hop shoots! Finally spring has arrived and I was caught off-guard. The first trip in my vegetable garden gave me an abundant harvest of hop shoots (Humulus lupulus) and I came back home happy as a child,
CRESPELLE WITH HOP SHOOTS
RISOTTO WITH WILD HOP SHOOTS AND STRAWBERRIES
Hop shoots & risotto Hop shoots have a unique taste, gentle and slightly bitter. Botanists call it Humulus lupulus, but in Italy it has a lot of different names, from one place to another: Lavartis, Luvertin, Bruscandoli, bruscandoi, Verdiscio… names
