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Category: Ingredient Spotlight
Ingredient Of The Day: Calcot Onion
The Calçot Onion is an autumn/early winter onion. It is similar to the White Spring Onion and has an earthy-aromatic-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor. This onion originated in Spain and is used as a garnish or for a salsa or sauce.…
Ingredient Of The Day: White Pomegranate
The White Pomegranate is similar to regular Pomegranate but with a sweeter flavor. Use the seeds for a garnish or in a salad, or use the juice for cocktails, vinaigrette, and marinade.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Kadota Fig
The Kadota Fig is a green variety of fig with an aromatic-sweet flavor and creamy-tender-jam like texture. Use for chutney, compote and jam, or raw for a salad or out-of-hand eating.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Butter Boletus
The Butter Boletus mushroom, aka Royal Bolete, is similar to a Porcini Mushroom but with less flavor. Bake, braise, sauté, roast, or grill and use for Risotto, pasta dish, soup, stew, or a vegetable side dish. They have an earthy-musty flavor and firm-dry-spongy texture.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Carnival Squash
Carnival Squash is an autumn/winter variety of hard squash with a nutty-slightly sweet flavor. Cut in half and bake or roast and use for Risotto, soup, stew, and a vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Celtuce Root
Celtuce Root, aka Asparagus Lettuce Root or Celery Lettuce Root, is a tuber-root vegetable that can be used in soup, stew, gratin, and a vegetable side dish. They have an earthy-mild-salty flavor and firm-woody texture. The top leaves can also be used for other applications.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Golden Kiwi
The Golden Kiwi, aka Gold Kiwi, has a similar flavor to regular Kiwi but a little more sweet and less tart. Use for out-of-hand eating, in dessert dishes, salad, and salsa.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Pennywort
Pennywort, aka Rau Má, is a small leafy green vegetable with an aromatic-grassy-vegetal flavor. It can be used as an herb, salad green or braising green and is good in salads and a vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Limequat
The Limequat is a small citrus that is a hybrid of Key Lime and Kumquat. They have an aromatic-tart-slightly sweet flavor and are used for cocktails, baked goods such as pies and jams and preserves.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Bacon Avocado
The Bacon Avocado is one of many varieties of Avocado. They have a buttery-earthy-fruity-nutty flavor and a creamy texture. Use for salad, Ceviche, Guacamole, sandwiches, sushi, and a chilled avocado soup.…