Samphire

Vegetable🌱 Peak in spring
Used in 1 of 203 cuisines (0%)

Deniz börülcesi — the crisp, jade-green shoots of a coastal succulent that grows in salt marshes along the Aegean. Naturally briny and snappy, it is blanched and dressed with garlic, lemon and olive oil as a seaside meze.

Where it comes from

Deniz börülcesi, the Aegean coast's salt-marsh samphire.

In the kitchen

Blanched and dressed with garlic-lemon-oil as a meze.

Nutrition (per 100g)

~25kcalCal
~2.0gProtein
~0.3gFat
~4.0gCarbs
~3.0gFiber

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