Lollo Rosso

Lollo Rosso does the work no green leaf can: it gives a bowl depth. The frill holds the same shape as its green sibling, but the margin runs from burgundy at the tip down to a green heart, so a single head reads as two colours.

The red comes from anthocyanins, which the plant builds in response to light. We push the light rather than the heat, so the colour arrives without the plant bolting or turning bitter.