Garden Orrache

Garden Orrache Red Flash is a forgotten vegetable that is related to the Amaranth. Because this vegetable is easy to grow and very healthy, it's on the rise. It originates from Central Asia. The leaves are very tender and have an attractive red colour. It can be used as a leafy vegetable as well as a beautiful plant in the garden. The leaves are very attractive and juicy. The leaves are three-sided and the flowers form dense clusters and after a while paper-like sheaths are formed around the seeds. Garden Orrache is a very healthy and versatile vegetable. You can boil, fry, steam, blanch, glaze, roast, grill, gratinate and puree, stew, stir-fry and use in oven dishes and salads. Garden Orrache can be added to soups, sauces, salads, stews, oven dishes, quiches, pasta, rice and other dishes in which you normally use spinach as a substitute.