{"id":1117,"date":"2014-08-16T17:16:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T07:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2014-08-16T18:15:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T08:15:35","slug":"random-lunch-challenge-a-weed-pie-read-that-carefully-stinging-nettle-tart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=1117","title":{"rendered":"Random Lunch Challenge\u2013A weed pie (read that carefully)\u2013Stinging Nettle Tart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=1117\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1118 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/stinging-nettles-images.jpg\" alt=\"stinging nettles images\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>They are considered weeds. Their fine prickles are enough to make one cry really.<\/p>\n<p>But the intrigue of using a bunch of stinging nettles I saw at the market today was so intense, that I claimed victory over the sting.<\/p>\n<p>I was toying with nettle tart or risotto as a vehicle to let the nettle have it&#8217;s say, and intense negative reaction to the suggestion of risotto left me with nettle tart. It could also have been a soup, but soup sucks according to 1\/2 the household.<\/p>\n<p>Along side the cleaned, blanched* and chopped nettles, we had eggs, some left over ricotta cheese and some creamy fetta that I could marry together with some spring onion\u00a0 and smoked garlic, baked in a puff pastry tart case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/100_3575.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1112 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/100_3575-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"100_3575\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/100_3575-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/100_3575-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/100_3575-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/100_3575.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>$8.00 allowed for a tart that was packed with flavour and nutrients. It was rustic and flavoursome.<\/p>\n<p>I think I need to go and do some backyard weeding as it has been confirmed, there are tart ingredients growing freely out there!<br \/>\n*blanching the nettles removes their fine prickles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They are considered weeds. Their fine prickles are enough to make one cry really. But the intrigue of using a bunch of stinging nettles I saw at the market today was so intense, that I claimed victory over the sting. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/?p=1117\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-lunch-challenge","category-tasty-bits-and-little-morsels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1137,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions\/1137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/licktheplateclean\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}