Portuguese Cabbage (Penca)
The Portuguese cabbage is an annual, herbaceous plant, also known as cabbage or trunk. It is a winter cabbage, with green and wide leaves and fleshy stalks with a lot of white ribs.
This variety of cabbage reaches about 60 centimeters high. Its leaves have a high content of chlorophyll and carotenoids and are rich in pro-vitamin A and calcium.
The best known varieties are the ones from Chaves, Mirandela and Póvoa de Varzim.
This variety of cabbage reaches about 60 centimeters high. Its leaves have a high content of chlorophyll and carotenoids and are rich in pro-vitamin A and calcium.
The best known varieties are the ones from Chaves, Mirandela and Póvoa de Varzim.