Cabbage is of course eaten in soup or sautéed for example, but to preserve vitamins and nutrients you can eat it raw. Aurélie our market gardener from Jardins Naïfs in Carcarès-Sainte-Croix offers us to work with three varieties of kale that grow in the garden of the association. Tuscan black cabbage, Siberian red cabbage and kale.
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Do we make cabbage smoothies?
Smoothie kale is child’s play and only takes a few minutes. For this recipe Aurélie chose the curly green cabbage that she associates with green Adour kiwi and lemon.
Start by removing the midrib from the cabbage leaves. Leaves which you then blanch for two minutes before plunging them into cold water to fix the color and stop the cooking.
In your mixer you will then mix these leaves with Adour kiwi, lemon juice, a little brown sugar and you’re done. You can also add ginger or apple. Up to you!
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Cabbage pesto for the aperitif
Oh that’s a good idea! A Tuscan black cabbage pesto that you spread on toast. You can also slice a baguette lengthwise and garnish it with this pesto before putting it in the oven, “wow” effect guaranteed.
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This pesto is made “5 minutes watch in hand” assures Aurélie the queen of the vegetable garden.
Lightly sauté a little garlic in olive oil. Also remove the central vein of the leaves and cut them finely with a knife, then throw them into the hot oil for two or three minutes. Turn off the heat and add sunflower seeds (or pine nuts for example) with grated parmesan and a little salt and pepper while the preparation is hot.
Aurélie guides you step by step by re-listening to the program of the day.
You will take a little cabbage in salad
Like spinach, cabbage is perfect for beautiful salads. Aurélie has set her sights on Siberian red cabbage. For this last recipe, as you are used to, wash and remove the central rib of your cabbage leaves, always slice finely, add grapefruit supremes, apple, parmesan shavings and walnut kernels.
For the vinaigrette you can opt for walnut oil, honey, lemon juice, cider vinegar and salt and pepper.
You can make this salad the day before for the next day, the cabbage will gradually cook in the vinaigrette.
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To expand your knowledge of vegetable gardening, you can join the Naïve Gardens of Carcarès-Sainte-Croix because it is an association open to all nature lovers. The Naïve Gardens organize themed workshops throughout the year and also offers you vegetable baskets in the summer, vegetable plants, from aromatic herbs or even plant macerates.
The Jardins Naïfs team also works in schools during extracurricular activities to lead workshops around the food garden. In short, a veritable anthill, an educational farm, where different stakeholders who are passionate about gardening, nature, etc. converge. You will inevitably find what you are looking for.