Nettles.

Yikes!

Here's a recipe for spring!

Dagestani Pelmeni with Nettles

300g young Nettles

260g Flour

2 Eggs

50g Onions

20g Butter

some Lovage

Mix flour, eggs, salt, and enough warm water to make a dough.

Rest it for 30 min.

Roll out to a 2mm thickness.

While dough is resting...

wash and cut up the Nettles,

chop Onions and saute them in butter.

Mix with the Nettles.

Cut the dough into circles, place some filling on half of the square and fold over.  Pinch shut and form as in picture above.

Bring lots of salt water to a boil, add Pelmeni.

Cook until they float plus an extra 2-5 minutes.

Drain and eat!

Note:  They can be frozen uncooked.  Simply toss them in the boiling pot frozen when needed.

*this recipe from an east German book about wild, edible plants.

'Wildwachsende Pflanzen in unsere Ernaehrung" by Koschtschejew

It looks like it was translated from Russian.  I think it is a very interesting book because it illustrates very common weeds that can be found easily and then provides traditional recipes for them.

Harvest Nettles when the Lovage starts to grow.