Purple Plum Radish Delivery or Pickup

Colorful, crisp, and tasty, eating a purple plum radish is a treat for your palate. These lovely little radishes have a small, round shape generally no more than 2 inches in diameter. The skin has a vibrant color of purple, and inside of the purple plum radish, you'll find firm, sweet white flesh. Unlike some radishes that can get hot, bitter, and pithy, the purple plum radish stays crisp longer, has a longer shelf life, and presents beautifully on any plate.

Purple plum radish is ideal for adding to crudite platters as they add a pop of vibrant color. They taste divine sliced thin and added to buttered bread for an afternoon sandwich. You can grate a purple plum radish into salads, add them to soups and stir-fries, pickle them, or eat them as-is with a pinch of salt.

Slice purple plum radishes into a bowl with sliced Persian cucumbers. Add ultra-thin slices of sweet white onion and spoon sour cream or unsweetened yogurt over the salad for a cool side dish to go with Tandoori chicken, curried shrimp, or fiery Mexican dishes. Don't forget to add the fresh green radish leaves to salads or stir-fries for a zesty flavor.

Purple plum radishes are in the Brassicaceae family and are botanically part of the Raphanus Sativus species. Other notable vegetables in this family include mustard, broccoli, kale, cabbage, and bok choy. The purple plum radish has been cultivated in France since the early 1800s and is a French heirloom variety. They are easy to grow commercially as they are more heat tolerant than many other radish varieties, are slow to bolt, and stay crisp even through heat waves.

Purple plum radishes normally come in a bunch with other purple plum radishes or as a mix of colors in Easter egg radish bunches. Look for radishes that have vibrant green leaves to show their freshness.

Look for purple plum radish globes with a uniform round size, firm to the touch, and a vibrant purple color to their skin. If the radishes have wilted yellow leaves, wrinkled skin, or are soft to the touch, avoid them. In addition, if the radishes have a strong, pungent aroma, mold, or black dots on them, they are beyond their prime and not edible.

There are a couple of ways to store purple plum radish. When you bring them home, simply wipe the dirt off their skin and store them in a plastic bag with the leaves still attached. The purple plum radishes will keep for about a week in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator. Radish greens can keep for a few days in the refrigerator. You can also blanch and freeze the greens for future use.

You can also keep the radishes crisp and juicy for up to 10 days by storing them in a bowl of water in the refrigerator. Cut the tops and roots off the radish, and place them in a bowl of filtered water. Place the bowl in the refrigerator, and they'll stay nice and crisp for up to 10 days.

When you're craving a purple plum radish, enjoy the convenience of ordering them through the Instacart app. Place your order through Instacart, and a shopper will deliver a bunch of purple plum radishes to you in as little as 2 hours!