Micro sorrel
Rumex acetosa · Herb
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Micro sorrel is the seedling stage of common sorrel (Rumex acetosa), harvested as a microgreen one to three weeks after sowing, when the plant is just a pair of cotyledons and the first true leaves on a slender stem. Tiny, tender and vividly green — red-veined types show crimson midribs against the leaf — it carries the mature plant's bright lemon-sour tang in a far more concentrated, delicate package, used raw as a finishing garnish and a sharp accent leaf rather than cooked.
Picking a good onedrag
Just picked, standing upYellow, limp, sour-smelling
Shop freshEveryday bestThe all-rounder: sauce for salmon, soup, eggs.
Leaf colourGreen, the odd leaf going pale
Leaf in the handBlade soft, stalk still firm
Cut stalkCut end drying, stalk still firm
Rub a leafFaintly green, the lemon gone
These cues are Sorrel'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 6× longer than the counter.
95–100%
Humidity
Closed bag, kept cold
Airflow