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Maui Onions
Two characteristics set the Maui onion apart from other yellow onions: the high sugar and high moisture content of its flesh.
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Rainbow chard, also known a 5-color silverbeet, is a tender chard variety with multi-colored stalks of yellow, white, orange pink and red.
Grower
Seasons/Availability
Mache Epic Root is available year round.
Current Facts
Mache, scientific name Valerianella locusta, AKA Vit, corn salad and lamb's lettuce - a name designated because of its leaves' resemblance to the shape of a lamb's tongue - is a loose leaf style green that, unlike lettuce varieties, grows very low to the ground from individual fragile stems. Because of this, mache must be harvested with precision, which commands lower production at higher costs. Therefore mache is considered a high commodity gourmet green.
Description/Taste
Mache is one perhaps the most delicate of all salad greens. It forms a rosette of six to eight leaves from its razor thin and tender stems. The stems are lemon lime in color, tender and succulent. The leaves are a key lime green, velvety to the touch, sweet and nutty in flavor.
Nutritional Value
Mache contains B-group vitamins, vitamin C, iron, folic acid, and potassium.
Applications
Chop and use in omelets, soups, or rice. Steam and include in flans, sauces, purees. Steam and serve as a vegetable side dish like spinach. Eat as a salad with a light vinaigrette. Create a bed out of the leaves for other foods. Best prepared at the last minute to keep it from wilting or collapsing.
Geography/History
Mache is native to France, where it has been cultivated since the 17th century under the name, doucette. There are over 200 different mache varieties, each distinguishing them from one another in flavor, quality and adaptability. Mache was introduced to the American commercial market by agricultural innovator and grower, Todd Koons, the same person responsible for the American launch of bagged mixed greens. It wasn't until the late 20th Century until mache found a commercial home among other popular greens in the marketplace.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Mache. One
is easiest, three is harder.
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Seasons/Availability
Mache Epic Root is available year round.
Current Facts
Mache, scientific name Valerianella locusta, AKA Vit, corn salad and lamb's lettuce - a name designated because of its leaves' resemblance to the shape of a lamb's tongue - is a loose leaf style green that, unlike lettuce varieties, grows very low to the ground from individual fragile stems. Because of this, mache must be harvested with precision, which commands lower production at higher costs. Therefore mache is considered a high commodity gourmet green.
Description/Taste
Mache is one perhaps the most delicate of all salad greens. It forms a rosette of six to eight leaves from its razor thin and tender stems. The stems are lemon lime in color, tender and succulent. The leaves are a key lime green, velvety to the touch, sweet and nutty in flavor.
Nutritional Value
Mache contains B-group vitamins, vitamin C, iron, folic acid, and potassium.
Applications
Chop and use in omelets, soups, or rice. Steam and include in flans, sauces, purees. Steam and serve as a vegetable side dish like spinach. Eat as a salad with a light vinaigrette. Create a bed out of the leaves for other foods. Best prepared at the last minute to keep it from wilting or collapsing.
Geography/History
Mache is native to France, where it has been cultivated since the 17th century under the name, doucette. There are over 200 different mache varieties, each distinguishing them from one another in flavor, quality and adaptability. Mache was introduced to the American commercial market by agricultural innovator and grower, Todd Koons, the same person responsible for the American launch of bagged mixed greens. It wasn't until the late 20th Century until mache found a commercial home among other popular greens in the marketplace.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
| The Oceanaire Seafood Room | San Diego CA | 619-858-2277 |
| Pacifica Del Mar | Del Mar CA | 858-792-0505 |
| West Steak and Seafood | Carlsbad CA | 760-930-9100 |
| Firefly Beach | San Diego CA | 619-222-6440 |
| Cowboy Star | San Diego CA | 619-450-5880 |
| Pamplemousse Grill | Solana Beach CA | 858-792-9090 |
| Anthology | San Diego CA | 619-595-0300 |
| Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 858-756-1582 |
| Eddie V's La Jolla | San Diego CA | 858-459-5500 |
| Tartine | Coronado CA | 619-435-4323 |
| Paradise Point Resort Baleen | San Diego CA | 858-490-6363 |
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Mache. One
is easiest, three is harder.| Chocolate and Zucchini |
|
Soupe de Mâche au Poulet |
| Kalofagas |
|
Mache Greens With Feta Dressing |
| Hungry Foodies Pharmacy |
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Roasted Beet, D'Anjou Pear, Mache Salad |
