Ruby Crescent Potato

Ruby crescent vigorous great tasting red fingerling.

Ruby crescent potato. The kind of potatoes that may be the healthiest are those with darker colored flesh such as the purple viking yukon gold and ruby crescent. About a quarter of the tubers produced by the vigorous plants have knobby short growths on the main tuber. Melissa s organic ruby crescent fingerlings are best roasted but are also delicious boiled for potato salad or baked and topped with sour cream. Many consider it the best tasting fingerling.

A good potato to puree and equally successful when roasted. Their flavor is nuttier and less sweet than other red potatoes. This savory delight is flavored as a puree to thicken soups sauces and gravies but also makes a delectable roasting potato. Their slender shape speeds cooking time.

Has fantastic flavor and is excellent served baked steamed or fried. Ruby crescents are a unique addition to your table. The skin is thin and smooth with a dusty rose hue and there are a few medium set eyes scattered across the surface creating a knobby bumpy feel. When stored in cooler temperatures the sugar content of these potatoes has a tendency to change to starch.

Good yields and keeper. Excellent flavour good for baking boiled our favorite for mashed potatoes. Large fingerling with rose colored skin and yellow flesh. The pigments in these potatoes provide flavonoids and carotenoids that promote good health.

Varieties include rose finn apple red thumb french and ruby crescent. Like other red potatoes red fingerling varieties hold their shape well and are low in starch. Ruby crescent fingerlings are characterized by their pink skin deep yellow flesh oblong knobby shape and a slightly sweet earthy flavor. These fingerlings are best roasted.

Fingerling banana and golden very good yielder keeper very firm yellowish flesh. Organic potato varieties from bridges organic produce. Ruby skinned and yellow fleshed tubers are 1 inch by 3 inches and often knobby which makes cleaning more difficult. Melissa s organic fingerlings potatoes should be kept in refrigeration at temperatures from 45 55 degrees f.

Fingerlings ruby crescent european potato with a rosy color exterior and firm yellow flesh. Prepare as you would any baby or specialty potato. Ruby crescent fingerling potatoes should be kept in refrigeration at temperatures from 45 55 degrees f.