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Cress (Lepidium sativum), sometimes referred to as garden cress to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress. Garden Cress is a rather fast-growing, edible herb. Garden cress is genetically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavor
Cook with Garden cress
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Cress (Lepidium sativum), sometimes referred to as garden cress to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress. Garden Cress is a rather fast-growing, edible herb. Garden cress is genetically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavor and aroma. In some regions, garden cress is known as mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort or poor person's pepper. This annual plant can reach a height of 60 cm (~24 inches), with many branches on the upper part. The white to pinkish flowers are only 2 mm (1/12 of an inch) across, clustered in branched racemes.
(3s)-3-hydroxycyclocitral(-)-sativan(3r,3'r, all-e)-zeaxanthin(2s)-2-isopropyl-3-oxosuccinate(1r,6r)-6-hydroxy-2-succinylcyclohexa-2,4-diene-1-carboxylate(2e)-octenoyl-coa(24e)-3α,7α,12α-trihydroxy-5β-cholest-24-enoyl-coa(22α)-hydroxy-sitosterol(+)-cis-abscisic aldehyde(3r)-sophorol(+)-marmesin(2r,3r)-pinobanksin(-)-medicarpin(24r,25r)-3α,7α,12α,24-tetrahydroxy-5β-cholestanoyl coa
Molecular pairings
Pairs well with — computed from shared flavor compounds
“α‐Linolenic acid (34%) was the major fatty acid in GCO followed by oleic (22%), linoleic (11.8%), eicosanoic (12%), palmitic (10.1%) erucic (4.4%), arachidic (3.4%) and stearic acids (2.9%).”
α‐Linolenic acid→is the major fatty acid→Garden cress seed oil
