Green vegetable with flowering head that is crisp and tender and a stalk that is crispy and crunchy, when cooked this vegetable has a bittersweet earthy flavor.
Broccoli has grayish-green leaves, fleshy edible stems and tight dense central heads of crisp clustered flower buds. Rich deep green with a silvery to copper colored tint, broccoli releases a distinct green vegetable fragrance and offers a matching flavor. When raw, Broccoli has a crisp, tender and crunchy consistency. When cooked, it develops a soft, semi-crunchy consistency and has vegetal, herbaceous, and earthy flavors with grassy, bittersweet nuances.