Hedgerow recipes harvested by The Field magazine

There's nothing like foraging on an autumn day. Here's a delicious selection of hedgerow recipes picked out by The Field

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Don’t forget to take a basket out with you when you’re walking in September. It’s a time when the hedgerow is groaning with goodies. Pick plenty of blackberries and see below for our ideas for hedgerow recipes.

Our best hedgerow recipes

Make the most of the hedgerow’s goodies by making wild fruit jam, perfect to have with fresh scones.

Wild fruit jam

A generous dollop on freshly baked break is a real British treat. Whether it’s plum, damson or blackberry, a homespun dollop of wild fruit jam drizzled on to some warm freshly baked bread is a real British treat.

The Field’s favourite apple recipes for a bountiful harvest.

Best apple recipes

If your apple tree has proved particuarly fruitful, there’s no need to start a production line of pies and crumbles. Find out how to incorporate apples into every course, as well as a tea time treat and a cheeky festive tipple.

Homemade rosehip tea

Wild or homegrown, rosehips make excellent tea. Make this soothing bedtime brew to unwind after a particularly thrilling day in the field.

Berries from the blackthorn bush are a popular hedgerow harvest offering.

Sloe and windfall apple cheese

Sloe gin is wonderful indeed (here’s our recipe for sloe gin) but this sloe and windfall apple cheese is a delicious and unusual accompaniment to traditional cheeses. And it is incredibly tasty with game.

Elderberries are healthy, delicious and go perfectly with a game supper.

Elderberry sauce

The perfect accompaniment to a game supper.

Elderberry vodka

Quite simply a hipflask classic, that will last for months if you can resist it. (Read our advice on cleaning your hip flask here.)

Damson gin or sloe vodka? What is your favourite hip flask filling?

Damson gin

Another one for the hip flask. A little more special than sloes, wild damsons can be tricky to track down but are wonderful. So keep your eyes open on your walks and if you are lucky enough to find some, pick plenty.