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Watercress

Watercress is a fast-growing, aquatic or semi-aquatic, perennial plants

Watercress is used in salads, sandwiches, to garnish fish, roast chicken or duck, and is also used in sauces and soups.

Watercress is grown in a number of counties of the UK, most notably, Hertfordshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset, although the first commercial cultivation was along the River Ebbsfleet in Kent. Alresford, near Winchester, is often considered the watercress capital of Britain (to the extent that a steam railway line is named after the famous local crop)

It small green leaves have a sharp, pungent, peppery flavor.

Watercress is rich in vitamin C, calcium, iron and folic acid. It is a cruciferous plant containing anti-cancer phytochemicals such as beta-carotene and flavonoids.

Relevant Recipes for Watercress

Recipe Names

  1. Smoked Carpaccio W Grilled Potato, Asparagus and Watercress
  2. Smoked Trout With Watercress Sauce
  3. Smoked Turkey-And-Watercress Pitas With Brown Mustard Sauce
  4. Smoky Sirloin Stew With Watercress Dumplings
  5. Spiced Cashew And Mustard Seed Crusted Tuna With Watercress Sauce
  6. Spinach And Watercress Salad With Lime Vinaigrette
  7. Spring Salad Of Watermelon, Watercress, Scallions With Shallot-Citrus Vinaigrette
  8. Stuffed Zucchini Flowers W Pinenuts, Ricotta & Watercress
  9. Tangerine, Watercress And Blue Cheese Salad
  10. Tuna And Watercress With Wasabi Mayonnaise
  11. Turkey Club With Watercress And Tomato
  12. Turkey Cutlets Milanese With Watercress Salad
  13. Verges' Red Mullet With Watercress Sauce - My Way
  14. Watercress & Mushroom Salad With Bean Sprouts & Roquefort
  15. Watercress And Avocado Salad
  16. Watercress And Avocado Salad With Lemon-Soy Dressing
  17. Watercress And Ginger Salad
  18. Watercress And Jicama Salad
  19. Watercress And Pear Salad
  20. Watercress and Salmon Roulade With Orange Salad
  21. Watercress And Shoots Salad With Toasted Flax Seeds
  22. Watercress And Stilton Soup
  23. Watercress And Tangerine Salad With Red Onions
  24. Watercress Dip With Basil And Pecans
  25. Watercress Emulsion
  26. Watercress Mayonnaise
  27. Watercress Salad
  28. Watercress Salad w Grilled Onions, Peppers & Spicy Walnuts
  29. Watercress Salad With Barbecued Chicken Breast
  30. Watercress Salad With Lime Dressing
  31. Watercress Salad With Red Wine Vinaigrette
  32. Watercress Salad With Tangelos And Pomegranates
  33. Watercress Sandwiches With Chili-Lime Butter
  34. Watercress Soup
  35. Watercress Soup
  36. Watercress Soup
  37. Watercress Soup
  38. Watercress Soup With Crab
  39. Watercress Spread
  40. Watercress, Endive, And Orange Salad
  41. Watercress, Jicama, And Orange Salad
  42. Watermelon And Watercress Salad With Ginger

Recipe Ingredients

  1. Chilled Watercress Soup
  2. Chinese Gingery Sole And Watercress Soup
  3. Chinese Stew
  4. Chinois Minced Garlic Chicken In Radicchio Cups
  5. Chopped Vegetable Salad
  6. Christmas Ham Braised In White Wine With Vegetables
  7. Citrus And Watercress Salad
  8. Citrus Salad
  9. Clam Meat With Vegetables
  10. Clams Casino - 4
  11. Cobb Salad
  12. Cobb Salad
  13. Cobb Salad - 1
  14. Cobb Salad, The Original Hollywood Brown Derby
  15. Coconut Shrimp With Lime Dressing
  16. Cold Beef With Mustard-Horesradish Sauce
  17. Country Potato Salad
  18. Crab Meat Martini W Scallions, Onion Seeds & Pepper Vodka
  19. Crab Quiche
  20. Crab Salad With Grilled Portobello Mushrooms And Walnut Vinaigrette
  21. Crabmeat Martini With Scallions, Onion Seeds, Pepper Vodka
  22. Crawfish Terrines
  23. Cream Of Watercress Soup
  24. Creamy Tomato Soup And Italian Patty Melts
  25. Creamy Watercress Soup
  26. Crescenza Stack
  27. Crispy Asian Lacquered Poussin With Watercress, Shiitake And Black Bean Noodle Stir-fry
  28. Crispy Chicken With Parmesan Tomatoes
  29. Crispy Lobster Skewers With Green Papaya And Mint Salad
  30. Crispy Striped Bass With Sauteed Baby Morels And A Watercress Sauce
  31. Cross Cultural Bulgur Wheat
  32. Cuban Chineese Roast Loin Of Pork
  33. Cucumber Red Onion and Watercress
  34. Cucumber Rounds With Smoked Salmon Mousse
  35. Cucumber Salad - Prodigy
  36. Cucumber Sauce
  37. Cucumber Watercress Salad
  38. Curried Chicken Salad With Mango And Papaya
  39. Dandelion Watercress Timbales With Cajun Crayfish Etouffee
  40. Derby Steaks
  41. Dim Sum Turkey Balls
  42. Down Island Burgers With Mango Mayo And Grilled Onions
  43. Drunken Shrimp
  44. Duck And Apricot Salad
  45. Duck Miramonte
  46. Dungeness Crab Salad Sandwich With Meyer Lemon
  47. Eggs With Caviar
  48. Elsa's Jumbo Shrimp With Sage And Pancetta
  49. Enlightened Pan Bagna
  50. Farmer's Market Chopped Salad