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Samphire Recipe

Samphire is a salty sea vegetable that can be found growing wild on the banks near seashores.

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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 700g samphire
  • 100g unsalted butter
  • Squeeze of lemon juice

Samphire is a salty sea vegetable that can be found growing wild on the banks near seashores. You can find it in supermarkets and wet fish shops. It is dark green in colour and compliments fish dishes perfectly

Method

01
Wash the samphire thoroughly in plenty of cold water and trim off any coarse shoots. It does become fairly tough later in the season but is pretty tender at the moment.
02
Put the samphire into a steamer and steam for about 15 minutes or until tender. Once again this depends on the time of the year as it is tender now but gets tougher as the season progresses.
03
Drain and add butter. It doesn’t need seasoning as it is already naturally salty but some lemon juice can be nice.
04
Serve and eat at once.