Orange and Dock Seed Muffins

Orange & Dock Seed Muffins

It all started in Tuscany (just kidding). Please enjoy my straight-to-the-point recipe without 15 years of SEO bloviation to scroll through. Reward me with a comment or picture of your muffins.

Fresh-baked Orange & Dock Seed Muffins made from wild foraged Rumex crispus flour: These rustic muffins have a honey and citrus flavor sweetened with honey. This is a delicious way to utilize one of North America’s most abundant wild edible plants.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup self-rising flour

• 1/2 cup curly dock flour

• 2 Tablespoons finely chopped orange rind (white pith removed)

• 1/4 cup honey

• 1 egg (beaten)

• 3/4 cup milk (I used almond milk)

• 1/4 cup fresh-squeezed orange juice

• 1/4 cup melted butter

How to Forage Curly Dock Seeds

Cut down dry, brown, and mature curly dock seed stalks and carefully place in a large grocery tote. Strip the seeds off the stems with your fingers into a large bowl. Remove any dried leaves or stems. For curly dock identification, see HERE.

How to Make Curly Dock Flour

Place a shallow layer of your seeds on to a baking sheet and bake at 350°F (176°C) for 15 minutes and let cool. From here you can either use a blender or seed grinder (like I did) to make a coarse flour.

Orange & Dock Seed Muffins Recipe

To the flour, add your dock flour and combine well. To your flour mixture add the rest of the ingredients and mix thoroughly. Spoon your muffin mix into a buttered muffin pan and bake at 425°F (218°C) for 25 minutes.

Wild foraged Orange & Dock Seed Muffin. Rumex crispus is essentially a wild buckwheat that grows without permission. Why not use it?

Thoughts on this Recipe

Presentation-wise, I hide behind terms like “rustic.” I have come to learn that I probably cannot be trained to be a fancy man, but I am willing to try. The flavor of these muffins were great, however, I wonder if a little clove and nutmeg may add to the complexity of the muffin. Keep in mind, these are not overly sweet (I like it that way).

For more on the ethnobotany of the plant, Rumex crispus, check out my article: https://www.pullupyourplants.com/archive/curlydock