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Recipe: Green Purslane Salad with Oregano
WHB #147

August 26, 2008

Garden or Green Purslane self-seeds in my pots every year. It's a weed, it dies in autumn and emerges in May, growing really fast. I'm always glad to see it again, and its fleshy leaves have been the main ingredient of a different recipe every year.
Like many other weeds, it was used in the past: it's an ingredient of arab recipes like fattoush (a salad with rocket, onion and mint), and appears also in european traditional dishes.
Harvesting and washing the leaves may take some time, but try this simple salad recipe, and you'll say it was worth it.

Green Purslane Salad with Oregano

Ingredients
1 cup green purslane leaves
aromatic vinegar
olive oil
fresh oreganon flowers

Directions
Wash the green purslane leaves.
Season with aromatic vinegar, olive oil, salt and fresh oreganon flowers.

This goes to Katie from Thyme for Cooking who's hosting this week's edition of Weekend Herb Blogging.
This event was started by Kalyn from Kalyn's Kitchen.

Links:
Portulaca oleracea - Wikipedia
Last year recipe: Fried Calamaries with Purslane Sauce (Il meglio in cucina - Best Cuisine)

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Author: Katie (URL) 27/08/2008 If it s a weed, it must be in my garden! I ll have to look for it on the Mairie s list of edible plants he has hanging in his office! Thanks for the recipe! And new info ;-))
Author: naturewitch (URL) 31/08/2008 Thanks for this, Seemie. I m planning to grow some myself this year (we don t have it growing wild, alas!), so will be looking for recipes. xx
Author: Kalyn (URL) 09/02/2008 I do like purslane and it s a weed here, but the leaves are much smaller on the variety we have. This sounds like it would taste great!
Author: Graziana 02/09/2008 Purslane is a weed, but it needs water and direct sun to produce good quality leaves. After the first harvest, it will grow again from the roots!
Author: Jude (URL) 09/04/2008 Mmm verdolagas. I use tis for Mexican dishes but haven t found any in Chicago lately.

Author: Katie (URL)

27/08/2008

If it s a weed, it must be in my garden! I ll have to look for it on the Mairie s list of edible plants he has hanging in his office!

Thanks for the recipe! And new info ;-))

Author: naturewitch (URL)

31/08/2008

Thanks for this, Seemie. I m planning to grow some myself this year (we don t have it growing wild, alas!), so will be looking for recipes. xx

Author: Kalyn (URL)

09/02/2008

I do like purslane and it s a weed here, but the leaves are much smaller on the variety we have. This sounds like it would taste great!

Author: Graziana

02/09/2008

Purslane is a weed, but it needs water and direct sun to produce good quality leaves.
After the first harvest, it will grow again from the roots!

Author: Jude (URL)

09/04/2008

Mmm verdolagas. I use tis for Mexican dishes but haven t found any in Chicago lately.

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