Erbe in cucina - Raccogliere e preparare le cime di rapa

Harvest and Cook the Turnip Tops
Souper Sundays

January 26, 2010

My partner loves the turnip tops (rapini or broccoli rabe), and every year we bought them and prepare a traditional italian pasta dish, 'Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa'. He asked me to grow some turnip tops, and so I sowed them last autumn.

The plants were almost ready to be harvested... when suddenly aphids killed them. One day they were green and healthy, the next yellow and dead. Unbelievable.

I had sowed also a test plant in a pot, and it survived.
It was too small to prepare the pasta seasoning, but I cooked it anyway, and served it on a bruschetta (with a millet and marjoram bread).
They were so tasty that I cursed the aphids for hours!

Turnip Tops (Broccoli Rabe) Bruschetta

Fry some minced garlic, anchovie fillets and a pinch of chili with some olive oil. Add the turnip tops and cook until tender.
Serve on dark bread slices.

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Author: Joanne (URL) 26/01/2010 You re so good at finding all of these veggies that I ve never tried! Looks like a delicious soup. And I love broccoli rabe. Love love love it.
Author: Megan (URL) 01/02/2010 I did not know that rapini was the top to the turnip! I love it (and so does my family) - and I can t wait to tell them what I learned today!
Author: DebinHawaii (URL) 01/02/2010 Both the topping and the bread look delicious! Thanks for sending it along to Souper Sundays.
Author: Graziana 01/02/2010 We really love this plant, I hope to harvest more the next time. Megan: it s a special turnip that develops more foliage than the regular one.
Author: tasteofbeirut (URL) 18/02/2010 How interesting! I will grow these next year! Thanks for all that fascinating info.

Author: Joanne (URL)

26/01/2010

You re so good at finding all of these veggies that I ve never tried! Looks like a delicious soup.

And I love broccoli rabe. Love love love it.

Author: Megan (URL)

01/02/2010

I did not know that rapini was the top to the turnip! I love it (and so does my family) - and I can t wait to tell them what I learned today!

Author: DebinHawaii (URL)

01/02/2010

Both the topping and the bread look delicious! Thanks for sending it along to Souper Sundays.

Author: Graziana

01/02/2010

We really love this plant, I hope to harvest more the next time.
Megan: it s a special turnip that develops more foliage than the regular one.

Author: tasteofbeirut (URL)

18/02/2010

How interesting! I will grow these next year! Thanks for all that fascinating info.

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