The Field Guideby Moss & MarrowThe Field Guideby Moss & Marrow
In the Netherlands, broccoli is in season June to November, at its best in July, August and September. Broccoli is in season now, in November.
Dutch broccoli comes from the field from June to November. Winter broccoli is imported from Spain.
Tight, dark heads with no yellow flowers opening.
Vitamin C, vitamin K, folate and the glucosinolates that become sulforaphane when cut or chewed.
To get the most: Steam for three to four minutes rather than boiling; chopping it and leaving it ten minutes before cooking lets more sulforaphane form. Eat the stalk, it has the same nutrients.
On our nutrient density chart, a normal serving of cooked broccoli (150 g) gives 2 times a day's vitamin K and more than a day's vitamin C, counting what your body absorbs. That puts it in the top 5% of the 244 foods we scored.
Content per NEVO, the Dutch food composition database. This describes what the food contains, not what it does for you.
Steam for four minutes. Peel and slice the stalk; it is as good as the florets.
The stalk is as good as the florets: peel the outside and slice it. The leaves roast like kale.
9 producers in The Field Guide sell broccoli, according to their own website or shop list, each checked against our inclusion criteria and listed by province. Another 170 growers passed our bar for this food group; we have not yet recorded what each of them grows, so ask them or search the map.
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