Indigenous Molluscs, Ham Hock Broth, Grass Tree

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Preparation info
  • Serves /

    8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Peter Gilmore

Published 2014

  • About

Josh Whitehead cut a grass tree in half and explained how this is a food source for the Wardandi people: grass trees are particularly plentiful in the Margaret River region. I had no idea that this rough, hard and blackened grass tree was in any way edible. Once the grass tree is cut open, the inside where the new fronds are developing is actually tender and edible. I found it similar to the heart of the palm tree. Unfortunately, this ingredient won’t be on my menu at Quay