purple cress


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Noun1.purple cress - small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers
Cardamine douglasii
bitter cress, bittercress - any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic
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Cover with curry melt, add a little sea salt, place the mayonnaise, curry sauce and coconut on the plate, garnish with the mango dices and siho purple cress.
A taste of the wild side
Gazpacho (make in advance up to a day before and serve chilled) 1 bunch of watercress 1 punnet of purple cress (or red chard) 5 vine tomatoes (ripe) 1/2 cucumber peeled and diced Juice of half a lemon 2 shallots 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed lemon to taste 100ml tomato juice 50ml olive oil Fresh basil and parsley to taste Extra virgin olive oil for dressing Cracked black pepper to taste Maldon Sea salt to taste Pinch of pimento (smoked paprika) 2 pieces of stale bread Method 1.
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