Plant Information

Common Name: PARSLEY - HAMBURG ROOTED PARSLEY
Scientific Name: Petroselinum Hortense
Alternative Names: Dutch parsley, Turnip-rooted parsley

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Description

• Bienial
• Hamburg rooted parsley is an heirloom variety that dates back before the 17th century, and was grown in Central Europe - Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Holland, and Russia.
• It looks like Italian parsley and the edible greens are used the same as normal parsley.
• Hamburg rooted parsley has edible 15cm. long tubers that look like a cross between a parsnip and a carrot.
• It has a rough white-beige skin and is whiter beneath the skin.
• Hamburg Rooted Parsley is a biennial, but it is usually grown as an annual.
• The greens are harvested and used as needed throughout spring, summer, and autumn.
• The leaves will only keep fresh for a couple days, so only take what is needed.
• Both the edible flat green leaves and the large beige taproot can be harvested and eaten as a winter vegetable at the end of the first growing season. The leaves become very bitter as the plant starts to flower.
• In heavy clay soil or dry soil, parsley root may be prone to forking into two smaller tubers.

Culinary Uses

• Like flat leaf parsley – it tends to make a flavourful addition to cooked dishes - while curly parsley is often used as decoration.
• The wedge-shaped root is mild but nutty, reminiscent of celery - and is usually sliced with the skin on and cooked in stews or soups.
• The roots can be eaten raw, like a carrot - but is said that it is sweetest and tastiest if cooked.

Parts Used

• The edible root is kept in the ground through winter and dug up as needed.
• It is said that a touch of frost improves the flavour.

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Hamburg rooted parsley contains Vitamin C, iron and sodium.

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