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Category: Ingredient Spotlight
Ingredient Of The Day: Opal Basil
Opal Basil, aka Purple Basil, is a specialty variety of basil with a floral-fruity-slightly sweet flavor. Use like you would regular Green Basil for Pesto Sauce, Caprese Salad, and as a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Haricot Jaune
The Haricot Jaune is a yellow variety of Haricot Vert and can be used in a similar way. They have a grassy-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor and crisp-tender texture. Use for crudités, salad, and a vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Mango Nectarine
The Mango Nectarine is a specialty variety of stone fruit. They have an aromatic-floral-sweet-tart flavor and juicy-tender texture. Use for out-of-hand eating or in baked goods and desserts.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Bulgarian Carrot Chile Pepper
The Bulgarian Carrot Chile Pepper, or Hot Carrot Pepper, is a chili pepper with a fruity-medium spicy flavor. Use for Ceviche, salsa, sauce, stew, and soup and use gloves when prepping if you are sensitive to spicy peppers.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Flowering Watercress
Flowering Watercress is a wild variety of Watercress with an aromatic-earthy-grassy-peppery-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor. Use raw or cooked for salad, sandwich, soup, and as a braising green.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Lemon Cucumber
The Lemon Cucumber gets its name because they look like a lemon in size and color. They have a mild-tangy-slightly sweet flavor and crisp-firm texture. Use them like regular Cucumbers for salad, soup, crudités, and salsa.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Creole Tomato
The Creole Tomato is a variety of tomato from Louisiana. They are very sought after in the summertime and are sweet and juicy with little to no acidity. Use in salad, sandwich, sauce, soup, and stew.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Fraises Des Bois Strawberry
Happy Independence Day (4th of July)! The Fraises Des Bois Strawberry is a small delicate variety of Strawberry. They have a floral-sweet-tart flavor and because they are so delicate they are best used as a garnish or use them for a Strawberry Shortcake.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Red Corn
Red Corn, aka Elote and Indian Corn, is similar to regular corn but with a higher starch content. It has a nutty-sweet flavor and crisp-juicy-starchy texture. Use in soup, salad, stew, salsa, Succotash, and vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Romanesco Cauliflower
The Romanesco Cauliflower is an Italian variety of Cauliflower with a unique look that holds it shape after cooking. They have a musty-nutty flavor and firmer texture than regular cauliflower. Blanch, sauté, steam, roast, or use raw for crudités, salad, and a vegetable side dish.…