What Are Fiddleheads and How Can I Use Them?
Fiddleheads is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store them, what to substitute, and 9 recipes to get you started.
- In Chinese:
- fiddleheads
- British (UK) term:
- Fiddleheads
- en français:
- crosses de fougère
- en español:
- fiddleheads
Recipes using fiddleheads
There are 9 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Spring Roll-Ups
Chicken breasts rolled around tender fiddlehead ferns, breaded and browned, then baked in a glossy sherry-mushroom sauce with bacon and tomatoes. A unique Canadian-inspired spring dinner that celebrates foraged greens.
Fricasse of Veal with Fiddleheads
Veal fricassee with fiddleheads gently simmers cubed veal in white wine and cream with onions and fresh chervil, finished with tender spring fiddlehead ferns. Elegant French country dinner.
Veal with Fiddlehead & Shiitake Sauce
Pan-seared veal cutlets with a woodsy sauce of shiitake mushrooms, spring fiddleheads, crispy pancetta, and sherry. A restaurant-style spring main that comes together in under 30 minutes.
Yankee Fiddlehead Pie(Or Quiche)
Springtime New England quiche filled with tender fiddlehead ferns, leeks, and sharp cheddar, crowned with whole fiddleheads. A seasonal pie that celebrates the fleeting wild harvest.
Yankee Fiddlehead Pie(Or Quiche)
Springtime New England quiche filled with tender fiddlehead ferns, leeks, and sharp cheddar, crowned with whole fiddleheads. A seasonal pie that celebrates the fleeting wild harvest.
Fiddleheads
Simple buttered fiddleheads with lemon juice, salt, and pepper. A quick springtime side dish that highlights the grassy, asparagus-like flavor of fern shoots.
Fiddlehead Muffins
Savory fiddlehead muffins blend cornmeal and flour with cooked spring fiddleheads for a rustic side that tastes like a cross between cornbread and a wild-foraged forest walk.
Favorite Fiddlehead Quiche
Fiddlehead quiche with foraged fern shoots, mushrooms, sharp cheddar, scallions, and crisp bacon in a flaky crust. A celebration of spring forest flavors.
Fiddlehead Pizza
A spring forager's pizza with a crust of pureed fiddleheads, egg, and cheese instead of dough, topped with tomato sauce, bacon, more cheese, and whole fiddlehead ferns. Unusual, seasonal, and grain-light.
