The market · Vegetables · Northern and Central Europe, Southern Europe
Asparagus
The first green thing of the year, and one of the shortest seasons there is.
grassy · sweet
Kinds
- Green
- Grassy, cut above ground.
- White
- Grown under earth, milder and more bitter — peel it.
- Wild / sprue
- Thin, intense, barely needs cooking.
Goes with
Knowing it
- Where to buy
- Local, and as fresh as you can: the sugars turn to starch within days of cutting.
- Worth knowing
- Snap, don't cut — it breaks where the woody part ends.
