Pointed cabbage
Brassica oleracea · Brassica
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Pointed cabbage — sold as sweetheart, hispi or arrowhead cabbage — is the cone-shaped, pale-to-medium-green cabbage with a tapering, slightly pointed tip rather than the round ball of common green cabbage. Its leaves are looser, much more tender and noticeably sweeter and milder than a tight round head, with little of the harsh sulfurous bite, and they cook fast — which is why it is the cabbage of choice to halve and roast or char, to wilt in a quick stir-fry, or to shred raw into a delicate slaw.
Picking a good onedrag
Field freshLong stored
SolidBuy itThe standard trimmed head: dense and heavy. Braise, roast, ferment or eat raw.
ColourEven pale green, tight and smooth
HeftFirm and dense, no give
StemCream, dry, clean-cut
SqueakSqueaks
SmellNothing at all
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What you get from one
80%
Edible part
908 g · outer leaves, core out
1135 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 12× longer than the counter.
98–100%
Humidity
Ventilated
Airflow