A spring herb from the Italian coastal and marsh regions, agretti has thin, fleshy leaves with a subtle saltiness and a light bitterness that mellows with heat. It works well blanched and dressed simply, or wilted into eggs, pasta, or alongside white fish. Also sold as barba di frate (monk's beard), it is one of the shorter-season greens available each spring.
Gilbertsville, PA
Campo Rosso Farm is a specialty vegetable farm in Southeastern Pennsylvania, founded in 2014 by Jessi Okamoto and Chris Field. The farm specializes in culinary vegetables rarely grown in America — worldly varieties prized by chefs and grown true to tradition. Agretti, unusual chicories, and other hard-to-find crops are the focus, each grown with the attention to detail a great vegetable requires. A commitment to soil mineralization gives the produce its depth of flavor.
