Produce Briefs...
Radicchio
Cooking radicchio brings out the vegetable's natural sweetness but it can also be served fresh. Grill radicchio halves and combine with cooked white beans and balsamic vinaigrette.
Pea Tendrils
These delicate vines have a distinctive and robust flavor that tastes like a cross between sweet peas and spinach.
Seasons/Availability
Baby White Bunch Carrots are available year round.
Current Facts
Baby white carrots are actually "fast maturing" varieties that are grown specifically for their immature roots or varieties that are not allowed to mature, rather picked young and tender. The baby carrot is a specialty market, reserved mainly for farmers markets and chefs.
Description/Taste
These lunar white carrots are tapered thin and have nearly coreless roots. Their color can be directly correlated with their sweet and milder carrot flavor. Their texture is crunchy and crisp.
Nutritional Value
The white carrot lacks the pigment found in other carrot varieties giving it a lower nutritional value, however, it does contain health-promoting phytochemicals: natural bioactive compounds that work with nutrients and dietary fibre to protect against disease.
Geography/History
White carrot's origins can be found in the area known as the Fertile Crescent, a region in the Middle East that spans from present day Afghanistan to Pakistan and Iran, although it was first domesticate in the Mediterranean region.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Baby White Bunched Carrots. One
is easiest, three is harder.
Baby White Bunch Carrots are available year round.
Current Facts
Baby white carrots are actually "fast maturing" varieties that are grown specifically for their immature roots or varieties that are not allowed to mature, rather picked young and tender. The baby carrot is a specialty market, reserved mainly for farmers markets and chefs.
Description/Taste
These lunar white carrots are tapered thin and have nearly coreless roots. Their color can be directly correlated with their sweet and milder carrot flavor. Their texture is crunchy and crisp.
Nutritional Value
The white carrot lacks the pigment found in other carrot varieties giving it a lower nutritional value, however, it does contain health-promoting phytochemicals: natural bioactive compounds that work with nutrients and dietary fibre to protect against disease.
Geography/History
White carrot's origins can be found in the area known as the Fertile Crescent, a region in the Middle East that spans from present day Afghanistan to Pakistan and Iran, although it was first domesticate in the Mediterranean region.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
| Flavor Del Mar | Del Mar CA | 858-755-3663 |
| Nine - Ten | San Diego CA | 858-964-5400 |
| Delicia's | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 858-756-8000 |
| J six | San Diego CA | 619-531-8744 |
| Under Belly | San Diego CA | 619-269-4626 |
| Pacifica Del Mar | Del Mar CA | 858-792-0505 |
| Dolce Pane & Vino | Del Mar CA | 858-832-1518 |
| Sea Rocket Bistro | San Diego CA | 619-255-7049 |
| Red Light District | San Diego CA | 619-255-2800 |
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Baby White Bunched Carrots. One
is easiest, three is harder.| Real Epicurean |
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White Carrot Soup |
| Hobson's Choice |
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Weiser Farm's Yellow & White Carrot Risotto |
| Examiner.com |
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Buttered watermelon radish and white carrot saute |
