What is the black carrot?
The black carrot is a primordial variety of carrot, a biennial herbaceous plant with a green stem, with a colored root, belonging to the Apiaceae family, Genus Daucus, Species carrot; in particular, the black one belongs to the subspecies sativus, variety atrorubens. In botany, therefore, the black carrot is identified by the nomenclature Daucus carota ssp. sativus var. atrorubens Alef ..
As far as the gastronomic use is concerned, the black carrot is considered a vegetable or vegetable and is used for recipes that belong to appetizers, first courses and above all to side dishes.
There are spontaneous or wild carrots and domestic or cultivated carrots. The black carrot is a domestic variety; initially spread to the Asian continent, where over time they were partially replaced by the orange western ones. However, thanks to their nutritional content (and marketing), today they are regaining importance until they reach western users.
More difficult to cultivate than the orange ones, due to the greater climatic needs, in Italy they are not produced or only marginally; the most famous modern Western typology is undoubtedly the Spanish one of Cuevs Bajas.
