RCP: Wild Garlic Risotto

The "Bärlauch" or what you call wild garlic/ramsons season has started in Germany. Here is one of my favourite Bärlauch-recipy

Ingredients (serves 4):
250-300g Risotto (Carnaroli or Arborio)
1l vegetable, chicken or veal broth
1 bunch ramsons/wild garlic/Bärlauch
50g butter
50g parmesan
splash lemon+peel
1-2 shallots

Note: Due to the ramsons no white wine in this risotto, as the ramsons would be gray.

Preparation


Here is more info concerning ramsons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsons

ok, i'm confused. from the description and small number of photo's, ramsons are the same thing as ramps in the US - or close enough as makes no difference. here, we use BOTH the leaves and bulbs however. in the accompanying recipe, shallots are used instead of the bulb - that seems odd to me. in fact the rissoto would be better i imagine with the bulb only - then you could use the wine and not worry about color. we usually use the leaves for salads - not for cooking - here.

David,

ramsons is not the same as rampions! Rampions are various members of the bellflower family (Campanulaceae)

rampions are apparently not the same thing as US ramps:

The name Wild leek can also refer to Allium ampeloprasum, a native of Europe.
Wild leek or ramp


Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantaeia

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Order: Asparagales

Family: Alliaceae

Subfamily: Allioideae

Tribe: Allieae

Genus: Allium

Species: A. tricoccum


Binomial name
Allium tricoccum
Blanco

Bulb of the wild leekWild leeks (Allium tricoccum), also known as ramps or ail des bois (french), are a member of the onion family (Alliaceae). Found in groups with broad, smooth, light green leaves, often with deep purple or burgundy tints on the lower stems and a scallion-like bulb strongly rooted just beneath the surface of the soil. Both the white root and the broad green leaves are edible. They are found from the U.S. state of South Carolina to Canada and are especially popular in the cuisine of the US state of West Virginia and the Canadian province of Quebec when they emerge in the springtime. A common description of the flavor is like a combination of onions and strong garlic.

the above is from wikapedia and the attached photo(not reproduced here) is what we pick all over the eastern US. as it says, the bulbs are used here. do ramsons not have bulbs? they should from that family.

I know only the leaves, as I buy them in a shop. But this year I will plant them in my new owned garden this new year.