Winter cabbage from Cerdanya
It is an native variety of the Pyrenees that was cultivated in domestic gardens, and with a very limited production.
This cabbage has two varieties, smooth or curly, and traditional methods such as hand-planting are used in its cultivation. Its peculiarity is that it has an extraordinary resistance to extreme conditions and, in fact, it is recommended that the garden suffers frost so that cabbage acquires an optimal moment of consumption. Harvesting takes place from mid-December to the end of winter. It has an intense and balanced flavor. The most popular preparation of this cabbage is trinxat, mixed with potato and bacon, as well as boiled or fried.
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Productes de la terra
Vegetables and mushrooms
Season calendar
- GEN
- Feb
- Sea
- Apr
- Never
- JUN
- JUL
- AUG
- THIRST
- OCT
- nov
- From
Complementary information
It is distributed, in season, in some market sotres in Cerdanya and some Pyrenean towns.
Attributes and nutritional properties
Cabbage is a green leafy vegetable; therefore, it is a vegetable. In the market, we can find a wide variety of cabbages and all have little energy. Overall, it is rich in vitamin C, which helps absorb iron from meat and boosts the immune response. It also has an important content of folic acid, which is essential for the development of the fetus. There are studies that show that cabbage acts by preventing cancer, thanks to the fact that it is a crucifer and has phytochemical compounds called glucosinalates.
