Salty Fingers®, Briny, crispy, slightly bitter
Category: Tops
Salty Fingers® is a decorative, but tasty ingredient.
- Origin
- Asia, South America
- Taste / Aroma
- Briny, crispy, slightly bitter
- Season(s)
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, BBQ, Coquille St Jacques, Herring, Lobster, Mussel, Oyster, Pumpkin, Rhubarb
- Storage
- Cold, 2-7 °C
Taste
Salty Fingers® is the Koppert Cress brand name for an edible leaf. Salty Fingers® is a decorative, but tasty ingredient. The crunchy texture and salty, slightly bitter taste are a valuable addition to the salty products.
Taste Friends
Salty Fingers® tingles the taste buds and makes a good combination with meat or mushrooms. It's a good choice with fish or shellfish dishes. Salty Fingers® makes an exciting complement to the taste experience.
Origin
Salty Fingers® is a plant growing along the coasts of tropical America and Asia. It is very salt tolerant, and surprisingly nutritious. It contains proteins, carbohydrates and oil. A number of species was therefore eaten as a vegetable by the local population.
Availability
Salty Fingers® is available year round and can easily be stored for up to niine days at a temperature of 2-7°C. Produced in a socially responsible culture, Salty Fingers® meets the hygienic kitchen standards. The products only need rinsing, since they are grown clean and hygienically.
- Sweet
- Salty
- Sour
- Bitter
- Umami
Specifications
- Taste
- Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, Umami
- Cultures
- Balkan, Baltic, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, Mediteranean, Nordic, North American, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
- Usage
- Canning, Covering, Decoration, Deep frying, Garnish, Marinating, Pickling, Smoke, Steaming, Stir frying
- Colors
- Green
- Dishes
- Cocktail, Crustaceans, Dessert, Fish, Fruit, Functional, Grill, Lunch, Main course, Meat, Pasta, Poultry, Salad, Sandwich, Snack, Soup, Starter, Sushi, Vegetarian, Vegetables
- Taste Friends
- Gin, Vodka, Chocolate, Prawns, Lobster, Crab, Crustaceans others, Cod, Eel, Monkfish, Salmon, Fish (saltwater), Fish (freshwater), Shellfish, Apple, Banana, Coconut, Cucumber, Grapefruit, Kalamansi, Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Orange, Peas, Dill, Fennel, Mint, Beef, Dried ham, Goat, Lamb, Offals, Porc, Sheep, Veal, Meat, Truffle, Chicken, Duck, Goose, Pheasant, Pigeon, Quail, Turkey, Poultry (other), Scallop, Oyster, Squid, Salt, Vanilla, Chili, Olive oil, Ponzu, Rice, Seaweed, Soy sauce, Tofu, Yuzu
- Latin Name
- Batis
- Synonyms
- Salzfinger, Sea Nibbels
- Dimensions
- 4 to 5 cm
- Microbiological standards
- "Pathogens: Salmonella Absent in 25 g, Listeria monocytogenes Absent in 25 g, Staphylococcus aureus <1.105 cfu per g, Bacillus cereus <1.105 cfu per g, EHEC/STEC Absent in 25 g"
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