Micro kale
Brassica oleracea var. sabellica · Brassica
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Micro kale is ordinary kale (Brassica oleracea, Acephala group) harvested as a microgreen — a tiny seedling only a few centimetres tall, cut about one to three weeks after sowing once its first pair of true leaves appears. Eaten raw as a garnish, salad green or smoothie addition, it delivers a remarkably concentrated, sweet-and-savoury kale flavour without the toughness and harsh bitterness of the mature leaf.
Picking a good onedrag
Stiff and blue-greenYellow and limp
Shop freshEveryday bestThe all-rounder: raw or massaged, sautéed, braised, blitzed into soup.
LeafEven green, bloom rubbed off
The bendRib bends, leaf still stiff
Cut endRim drying, pale inside
SmellNeutral, a little cabbagey
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What you get from one
71%
Edible part
355 g · ribs and stems stripped
500 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 5× longer than the counter.
95–100%
Humidity
Loose, never sealed
Airflow