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[ermintrude]

Can someone identify this vegetable, looks a bit like a cabbage and also what to do with it, I believe it's Italian.

[GlorifiedRice]

Baby Kohlrabi?

[Panaderia Canadiense]

Not Kohlrabi - I grow those and I've never had one look like that. I'd go with a young head of Puntarelle endive, myself.

What does it taste like?

[ermintrude]

It comes apart like this and has bitter taste a bit like endive



Think you could be right about it being Puntarelle endive

[rotuts]

like this? :

http://www.google.co...Q9QEwAQ&dur=499

[ermintrude]

That's it!

Amazing what you find in a small grocers in Streatham Hill

Off to make a salad

[ermintrude]

Pulled all the bits out of the Puntarelle and sliced them up and refreshed in some iced water.
Boiled some Anya potatoes and sliced
Segmented an orange

Made a dressing:-
1 Tin Anchovies
3 Cloves Garlic
2 Heaped tsp capers
Juice and zest of a lemon
1 tsp of dijon mustard
Smashed it all to a pulp in a pestle and mortar added several glugs of EVO

Mixed everything together and added some parmigiano reggiano shavings.

[rotuts]

will remember the potatoes and that dressing.

have some very small bok choi I have to use up ...

[Jaymes]

Made a dressing:-
1 Tin Anchovies
3 Cloves Garlic
2 Heaped tsp capers
Juice and zest of a lemon
1 tsp of dijon mustard
Smashed it all to a pulp in a pestle and mortar added several glugs of EVO

Mixed everything together and added some parmigiano reggiano shavings.

Did this dressing turn out to be merely good...

Or as fabulous as it sounds?

[Franci]

Puntarelle are a typical roman salad here. I make it often, I peel the single tips and in Rome they sell a special tool to slice them, which I don't have, so I julienne and dump into iced water to curle. Then the classic dressing is anchovies mashed, chopped garlic, little white wine vinegar and good evoo. Dress them at list one hour in advance.

But you can cook them too, braising starting again with garlic and anchovies. Or I often use them mixed with other bitter greens.

[ermintrude]

The dressing was really good, worked well with the bitterness of the puntarelle the orange segments also gave a nice odd kick of sweet citrus

[Kerry Beal]

Picked these up at an asian market - strong allium smell. Not quite sure what they are or what I should do with them. They are a multibulbed base with two or more shoots coming out of each long thin bulb. The bulbs have layers of onion skin holding them together.

[andiesenji]

They look like baby shallots. The local Philippine market carries them. I have planted them (very shallow) and as they mature the bulbs break apart and spread out. When mature they are the reddish shallots.

[Kerry Beal]

Excellent - wondered if that was the case. Seemed to be the only allium that had more than one sprout per bulb - but couldn't find any similar pictures. Now what to do with them?

[andiesenji]

Excellent - wondered if that was the case. Seemed to be the only allium that had more than one sprout per bulb - but couldn't find any similar pictures. Now what to do with them?

Treat them just as you would scallions as in a stir fry dish. Just nip off the root end and trip the tops somewhat and cut them into thirds and split the root end. They become quite tender when cooked briefly. You can also steam them briefly, chill and include in salads.
They pair beautifully with ginger.
You can chop them fine and prepare a baked omelet - or pancakes similar to egg foo young.

[Kerry Beal]

Thanks Andi - think I'll go with eggs - omelet sounds like a great idea for these.

[blue_dolphin]

Picked these up at an asian market - strong allium smell. Not quite sure what they are or what I should do with them. They are a multibulbed base with two or more shoots coming out of each long thin bulb. The bulbs have layers of onion skin holding them together.

I love that informative label: "Vegetable"
Yesterday, I noted that labels on the packages of chicken feet read, "Chicken Paws"

[sparrowgrass]

I worked in a Tyson chicken plant for a mercifully brief time, and huge boxes of chicken feet were packed and shipped to China. They were labeled 'chicken paws'.

[_john]

The shallot looking things are rakkyo. They are great pickled in amazu as sweet and sour pickles. Traditional accompianment to japanese curry.

[Kerry Beal]

The shallot looking things are rakkyo. They are great pickled in amazu as sweet and sour pickles. Traditional accompianment to japanese curry.

John,
Do you have a recipe?

[Charcuterer]

The shallot looking things are rakkyo. They are great pickled in amazu as sweet and sour pickles. Traditional accompianment to japanese curry.

John,
Do you have a recipe?

This Recipe has worked for me. Rakkyo