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The spicy nature of real wasabi superfood is the result of allyl isothiocyanate, which is derived from sinigrin and as the chemical name, allyl glucosinolate or 2-propenyl glucosinolate. This natural glucosinolate is present in plants of the Brassicaceae family, including cabbage, mustard, and horseradish.  Over the last millennium, wasabi has been used for its culinary …

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Growing wasabi plants at home is worth the challenge because you will be rewarded with a prized fresh rhizome. Wasabi is considered to be a difficult plant to cultivate and maintain. However, if you buy some wasabi plant starts from our shop you will be in a good situation. These hardy wasabi plants are ready …

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In the summer of 2019, James Martin and Paul Rankin came over the water to Northern Ireland to make a film for James Martin’s Islands to Highlands.  The aim was to find and create 80 fantastic recipes from around the British Isles and to explore places such as the kelp from Rathlin Island and some …

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You have just purchased your fresh wasabi rhizomes from the Wasabi Crop Shop and you cannot wait to use them in your cooking. First, however, you want to know something about the rhizome. So let’s look at the nutritional benefits of this wasabi rhizome, sometimes called wasabi root. A typical wasabi root would consist of …

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Here at Wasabi Crop we have been growing Wasabi for the last several months and will be ready for harvest in 2018. To many, this may seem a long time, but it does take two years to grow top quality rhizomes. The good news is that leaves and stems will be for sale in 2017. Wasabi …

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Wasabi is a herb used in Japanese cuisine and is traditionally paired with sushi and sashimi. The wasabi plant produces a rhizome after a period of two to three years: this is sometimes referred to as a swollen root. When grated, it creates a unique herbal paste that is both spicy and zingy. The difference …

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The secret of enjoying fresh wasabi lies in the grating of the rhizome to release the pungent zingy flavour. Fresh wasabi rhizomes are a rare and precious culinary commodity prized by sushi dining chefs. The best grater to use is the traditional Japanese ‘Samegawa-Oroshi’-Sharkskin Grater but these are quite expensive to purchase. However, you don’t …

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The Daio Wasabi Farm is one of Japan’s largest wasabi farms and covers an area of 15 hectares.  The farm began in 1915 and is located near Matsumoto which is a mountain city on Japan’s main island, Honshu, in Nagano Prefecture.  At the farm, the wasabi is irrigated by a network of small streams that …

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The best place to start going wasabi plants is in your back garden – so go and buy some hardy wasabi plants from our Wasabi Crop Shop.  It can be quite challenging to grow wasabi and from this blog post, we will give an exclusive insight.  At Wasabi Crop we grow these amazing wasabi plants …

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The Food Tours and Trails of County Armagh, Northern Ireland came to Wasabi Crop. The objective behind these tours is as a result of local chefs and producers willing to showcase the rich heritage of food grown in County Armagh.  The tour created a unique opportunity for the guests to be able to meet the …

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Wasabi Crop was at the London Produce Show on 8 June 2017 and met many people interested in real fresh wasabi.  Firstly, they could not believe that we were growing wasabi in Northern Ireland and the three plants which we transported from Northern Ireland to the show were definitely a star attraction.  However, not only …

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Wasabi Leaves and Stems are traditionally used in Japanese cuisine for pickled sake lees. The crunchy large heart-shaped wasabi leaves and stems are delicious and highly in demand outside Japan. The heat of wasabi is more prominent in stems than leaves but overall the heat is always greater in the prized rhizome! Contained within the …

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Why not make some delicious fresh wasabi mayonnaise for your favourite burger. This may well be an Asian Turkey Burger or for fish lovers on a salmon or tuna burger.  Wasabi mayonnaise can be a sauce for steamed baby bok choy in addition to asparagus spears, crisp-tender cooked sugar snap peas and grilled vegetables. It …

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This Wasabi Guacamole recipe will produce the wasabi kick! So, to produce this zingy pale green dip which is an alternative to the traditional Guacamole having a combination of avocados, onions, and sea salt.  For this creation, eggs, hot pepper and Worcestershire sauce are added. Moreover, the best ingredient of all is freshly grated wasabi …

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Wasabi known as Wasabia japonica is famous for its swollen stem called a rhizome and is very central to Japanese cuisine for example wasabi zuke. Wasabi is a relative of the Brassicaceae family which includes cabbages and horseradish. Wasabi was first grown in Japan and has been cultivated for over the millennium. Wasabi ‘King of …

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The freshly grated wasabi hides a secret known as the Wasabi Kick which produces a zingy heat when consumed with your favourite food which does not occur with fake wasabi. This pale green grated powder is known as Japanese horseradish, but this is not the same as the horseradish which complements your roast dinner. It …

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