The market · Vegetables · Northern and Central Europe

Purple sprouting broccoli

Slender stems of broccoli with purple heads, picked by hand in late winter and early spring, when little else is growing.

grassy · sweet · bitter
Purple sprouting broccoli

What to do with it

Rosa Ibarra's Clarified milk punch, mezcal and pineapplePurple sprouting broccoli would temper its sweetnessKenji Hara's Milk punch, with hojichaPurple sprouting broccoli would temper its sweetness

Goes with

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Knowing it

Where to buy
Farmers' markets and greengrocers. Stems that snap cleanly.
Worth knowing
Cook stems, leaves and heads together — the stems are the best part.

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