Not your ordinary greens: Recipes for stinging nettles

4 Recipes

Not your ordinary greens: Recipes for stinging nettles

By Noelle Carter

Feb. 9, 2017

Nettle leaves add bright flavor and deep emerald color to this creamy polenta dish. Recipe: Nettle polenta

Nettle polenta

30 minutes

Serves 6

Recipe: Nettle frittata with green garlic and ricotta

Nettle frittata with green garlic and ricotta

30 minutes

Serves 6

Nettle tapenade from chef David LeFevre. He loves nettles for their "earthy note and a grassy herbal flavor." Recipe: Nettle tapenade crostini with anchovies

Nettle tapenade crostini with anchovies

30 minutes

Makes 10 crostini

This delicious dish may appear homely in appearance, but it has a depth of flavor that comes only from careful, long cooking. Recipe: Braised greens and potatoes with lemon and fennel

Braised greens and potatoes with lemon and fennel

1 hour

Serves 4

Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director. She left in January 2019.

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