We’re singing the praises of the ever versatile Purple Sprouting Broccoli this week. While a lot of our UK supply is dwindling due to the shorter days, PSB is becoming abundant.
It’s a vegetable for the patient grower and takes around 8 months to mature but is well worth the wait. In the fields the top purple heads of the plant are cut first, this encourages the side shoots to thrive. You may see the floret heads looking a bit smaller on later cuts but the fresh stems make up for that. These tender purple tipped spears can be eaten in their entirety, steamed, pan fried or roasted.
This week we’ve produce from Polybell in Lincolnshire and closer to home from Kindling Farm in Merseyside
