Fresh Vegetable
Italian Chard with Roots
Ref: BIE-01
Italian name: Bietina con radice
Weight Order: 3 kg
Description: Is a leafy green vegetable often used in Mediterranean cooking. Chard has been bred to have highly nutritious leaves and is considered to be one of the healthiest vegetables available, making it a popular addition to healthy diets
Season: Summer
Serving suggestion: Fresh young chard can be used raw in salads. Mature chard leaves and stalks are typically cooked (like in pizzoccheri) or sauteed; their bitterness fades with cooking, leaving a refined flavor which is more delicate than that of cooked spinach.
