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- Cress in the kitchen - raw and to enjoy as herbs
- How do cress and garden cress taste?
- Consume as fresh as possible
- Cress is most commonly used as:
- Cress sprouts
- Cress flowers
- Tips & Tricks
Cress in the kitchen - raw and to enjoy as herbs
Cress is one of the most versatile herbs used in the kitchen for many dishes. It contains many healthy ingredients and should only be eaten raw, so that the vitamins are not destroyed.
How do cress and garden cress taste?
Cress contains mustard oil. As a result, the leaves taste slightly spicy. The aroma reminds depending on the variety of mustard or radishes. Cress gives the food a spicy taste and spice up some boring salad.
Consume as fresh as possible
Cress does not last long when cut. Therefore, always harvest only as much watercress as you can consume immediately.
You should wash cress only in an emergency. Through the water, the leaves are limp and leach out. They lose their aroma and taste watery.
If it is necessary to wash them, hold them under a mild stream of water and then dry them well.
Cress is most commonly used as:
If possible, do not allow watercress to cook, as the heat will lose many of the ingredients, especially the heat-sensitive vitamins.
If the watercress has already set flowers during the harvest, the leaves become dry and somewhat leathery. In this case, you can cook the cress for a short time and serve warm as cress soup.
Since cress is difficult to store, you can process large crops to cress butter or cress oil. You should never water cress, as it hardly has any aroma. Freezing is a stopgap, but should be better avoided.
Cress sprouts
Cress sprouts have especially many vitamins. They are sprinkled raw over the food and also taste delicious on the butter bread.
Cress flowers
The flowers of garden cress are edible, but have no particularly good aroma.
An exception are the flowers of nasturtium. They are very decorative and look good on soups, salads or vegetable platters. Their taste is slightly aromatic.
Tips & Tricks
Cress is used in natural medicine for many ailments. Cress should be very helpful in loss of appetite. The ingredients should even be effective as a natural antibiotic.