sea purslane

From Burnham Overy Staithe, a historic harbourside village on the mainland, wade across Overy Creek and one of the finest salt marshes in the UK, with its wealth of samphire, sea lavender, and sea purslane.

And foraging for wild sorrel, angelica and sea purslane occupy the sous chefs for several hours a day.

Or you could head to Balter, in St. Croix’s historic Christiansted, where the homespun dish takes on a gloss with foraged leaves of sea purslane and house-pickled peppers adding pops of color and crunch against a luxuriously soft background.

The baked sole at Launceston Place, made with a mixture of Purslane, Sea Purslane and Buckshorn Plantain.

This species is of erect habit, 3 feet or 4 feet high, and with leaves reminding one of those of the Sea Purslane.