50g Organic Rocket

Organic rocket, grown without synthetic pesticides or chemical fertilisers. Cut and packed within a day of arriving at the shop.

About the leaves

Rocket is one of those plants that tells you honestly how it was grown. Organic rocket has a proper peppery bite, sharp, mustard-forward, sometimes almost hot. Conventional rocket that's been over-fertilised and stored too long loses that character and ends up tasting like nothing.

Yours will still have some soil on it here and there. That's how leafy greens should arrive.

How to use it

• Under a hot steak: a handful on the plate, meat straight on top. The heat wilts it just enough, the peppery bite cuts the richness.
• In a lunchbox salad: with a wedge of feta, some tomato, and a lemon-and-oil dressing you can pack separately.
• On a pizza: straight out the oven, thrown on top just before serving. Never cook rocket on pizza, it goes bitter.
• Blended into pesto: replaces basil in the winter when basil's out of season. Same method, sharper result.

Storage

In the fridge, in a container with a piece of paper towel to catch moisture. Best within 3–4 days. If it starts wilting, blitz it into pesto, you have about 24 hours before it turns.

Wash just before using, not before storing.