Pea shoots
Pisum sativum · Vegetable
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Pea shoots are the young seedlings of the garden pea (Pisum sativum), grown as a microgreen and harvested only one to three weeks after sowing — a tangle of tender stems, soft leaves and curling tendrils cut a few centimetres above the soil. Eaten raw as a garnish or salad green, they carry a remarkably concentrated, pure sweet-pea flavour in a single delicate snip.
Picking a good onedrag
Squeaky, just pickedYellow, floury, going off
Shop freshEveryday bestThe all-rounder: shell and steam, blanch for salads, or freeze them.
Pod (garden pea, for shelling)Green, seeds outlined
The snapFirm, snaps clean, a bit dry
Calyx and stemCalyx paling, cut end dry and clean
Split a podFaintly green and clean; peas firm
These cues are Pea's, and hold across its varieties; where this one differs, its own page says so.
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 5× longer than the counter.
95-98%
Humidity
Vented, and podded
Airflow