Turnip Greens - Cime di Rapa Pugliesi

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Cime di rapa - 1 Kg.

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The turnip greens are typically Italian vegetable. In Italy, 95% of the cultivated area is found in Lazio, Puglia and Campania.
Of it the bud inflorescences are consumed with the tender leaves, according to recipes that in general of the local tradition in the different regions.
The turnip greens are widely used and widespread in traditional southern cuisine, especially in Puglia. It is consumed cooked and is the main ingredient of many dishes of the Apulian cuisine, including the famous "orecchiette and turnip greens" "
Due to its characteristic of vegetating and producing with low temperatures it is considered an autumn or winter vegetable, which is recommended for its content in mineral salts, vitamins and antioxidant factors.

Manufacturer: Verdure e frutta di Stagione

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Turnips tops: tasty and hot, an unique touch for your recipes
It is a typical vegetable of some Italy specific areas, particularly Apulia, but it is cultivated in Campania and Lazio too. The turnip tops are vegetables endowed with a very peculiar taste, lightly hot with a bitter shade. Both the leaves and the flower hidden in te vegetable can be eaten. This food is healthy too, rich in minerals, calcium above all, phosphor, iron but it also contains vitamins specifically A,B2 and C vitamins which have detoxifying properties and it is hypo caloric too. The turnip tops are the main character in many recipes, for example in the well known Orecchiette with turnip tops (a tasty Apulia first course).
Articolo - 04/10/2017 - http://www.onlyitalianproducts.us/ ( Network O.I.P. )

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