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Category: Ingredient Spotlight
Ingredient Of The Day: Cherokee Purple Tomato
The Cherokee Purple Tomato is an heirloom variety of tomato that can be used raw or cooked. They have an acidic-slightly sweet flavor and tender-juicy texture and can be used for soup, sauce, stew, salsa, salad, and sandwich.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Green Sierra Fig
The Green Sierra Fig is one of the many varieties of figs and was introduced in the mid-2000’s. It has a jam like interior that is aromatic and sweet. It is best used on its own or in a salad or with a dessert but can also be used for making jam or compote. The …
Ingredient Of The Day: Cylindra Beet
The Cylindra Beet, or Formanova Beet, is a variety of beet with a long-cylinder shape with a fruity-sweet flavor and firm texture. Use for a soup like Borscht, a salad like Lorette Salad, Risotto, and a vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Mulberry
The Mulberry has a short season and is a unique berry because it is more similar to a dried fruit. They have a sticky sweet flavor and can be used in baked goods and desserts, chutney, compote and jam, crisp, cobbler, crumble, and pies.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Dried Black Garbanzo Bean
The Dried Black Garbanzo Bean, or Dried Black Chickpea Bean, is similar to regular Dried Garbanzo Bean but black in color. They need to be soaked and have a long cooking time and have an earthy-nutty flavor. Use for dips and spreads like Hummus, soup, stew, and salad.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Amaranth Sprout
The Amaranth Sprout, or Amaranth Microgreen, is a tender salad green with a mild-slightly sweet flavor. The sprouts are mostly used as a garnish but can also be used in a salad and sandwich.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Jubilee Tomato
The Jubilee Tomato, aka Golden Jubilee Tomato, is an heirloom variety of tomato with a tangy-slightly sweet flavor and juicy-tender texture. Use for Caprese Salad, Gazpacho, salad, salsa, and sandwich.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Soft-Shell Crab
The Soft-Shell Crab, or Peeler Crab, are crabs that have recently molted and are completely edible. They have a briny-slightly sweet flavor and the best way to prepare the crabs are to dredge them in a flour mixture and sauté or deep fry.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Xoconostle
The Xoconostle is a golf ball sized fruit that is grown on the cactus and used for sweet and savory applications. They have a sour-tart flavor and firm texture and are used similar to Tomatillo. They are best used for salsas and cocktails like margaritas.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Chinese Shiso
The Chinese Shiso leaf, aka Chinese Beefsteak Plant and Chinese Perilla, is similar to regular Green Shiso and Red Shiso but it has green and purple coloring. They have an earthy-minty-pungent flavor and can be used for salad, Sashimi, Spring Roll, and Sushi.…