Micro broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italica · Brassica
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Micro broccoli is ordinary broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) harvested as a microgreen — a tiny seedling 4–8 cm tall, cut about one to three weeks after sowing when its first pair of seed-leaves has greened up. Eaten raw as a garnish or in salads, it carries a vivid, concentrated broccoli-and-cabbage flavour with a fresh, slightly peppery bite, and is prized as a dense source of the same sulfur compounds that make mature broccoli famous.
Picking a good onedrag
Tight and darkYellow and flowering
Firm but palingUse this weekStill good hot — roast or stir-fry
BeadsClosed, brighter green
Cut endDrying, rim going brown
SqueezeFirm, slight give
SmellNeutral
These cues are Broccoli's, and hold across its varieties; where this one differs, its own page says so.
What you get from one
61%
Edible part
151 g · leaves, tough stalk out
248 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 8× longer than the counter.
95–100%
Humidity
Vented
Airflow