Carrot – Purple (250g)

Purple carrots have a sweet flavour and are delicious raw or cooked. They have a firm, crisp texture that is not too woody or fibrous.

Purple carrots carry the same nutrients as their more common orange variant, but they also contain higher levels of beta-carotene than the yellow, orange and white variants.

Barry’s tips: Carrots can be used in a myriad of ways. From salads to roasts to juices you can add these orange veggies to almost anything! Purple carrots can be cooked or eaten raw, but they use their gorgeous colour when boiled so to keep that splash of colour on your dinner table they are better fresh and raw. All carrots pair well with other root vegetables such as turnips, beets and radishes.

Fact: Did you know that before the 17th century, almost all cultivated carrots were deep purple, almost black, in colour?