Laverbread (/ˈleɪvər-,ˈlɑːvər-/; Welsh: bara lafwr or bara lawr; Irish: sleabhac) is a food product made from laver, an edible seaweed (littoral alga) consumed mainly in Wales as part of local traditional cuisine. The seaweed is commonly found around the west coast of Great Britain, and the coasts of Ireland, where it is known as sleabhac.[1] It is smooth in texture and forms delicate, sheetlike thalli, often clinging to rocks. The principal variety is Porphyra umbilicalis, a red algae which tends to be a brownish colour, but boils down to a dark green pulp when prepared. Laver seaweed has a high content of dietary minerals, particularly iodine and iron. The high iodine content gives the seaweed a distinctive flavour in common with olives and oysters.
Laver seaweed has been cultivated as a food in Wales since at least the 17th century. It is prepared by repeated washings and then boiling until it becomes the soft purée-like product known as laverbread. The gelatinous paste that results can then be sold as it is or rolled in oatmeal. It is sometimes also coated with oatmeal prior to frying. Laverbread is traditionally eaten fried with bacon and cockles as part of a Welsh breakfast or, in the southwest of England, with hog's pudding.
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Laverbread (/ˈleɪvər-, ˈlɑːvər-/; Welsh: bara lafwr or bara lawr; Irish: sleabhac) is a food product made from laver, an edible seaweed (littoral alga)...
umbilicalis that grew in the seas around Wales and was harvested for food (laverbread), as in Japan. Her work was discovered by Japanese scientists who applied...
specifically, it belongs to red algae phylum of laver species (from which comes laverbread), comprising approximately 70 species. It grows in the intertidal zone...
"laver", is a species of edible seaweed in the genus Porphyra used to make laverbread. The seaweed is commonly found around the west coast of Great Britain...
breakfast from the other "full" variations are cockles (Welsh: cocs) and laverbread (Welsh: bara lafwr or bara lawr) (an edible seaweed purée often mixed...
of red algae in the order Bangiales. It contains laver, used to make laverbread, and various species in the genus of Pyropia are used to make nori. Bangiaceae...
Porphyra umbilicalis, a species of edible seaweed traditionally used to make laverbread River Laver, a river in North Yorkshire, England Laver Cup, an international...
oldest Welsh publication still in print. Traditional Welsh dishes include laverbread (made from Porphyra umbilicalis, an edible seaweed), bara brith (fruit...
their ingredients and/or history, dishes such as cawl, Welsh rarebit, laverbread, Welsh cakes, bara brith and Glamorgan sausage have all been regarded...
Tsukudani (ざざむしの佃煮), made with stonefly and caddisfly larvae – Ina, Nagano Laverbread – Food made from edible seaweed Wikimedia Commons has media related to...
Kaori (December 2009). "The Secret History of 'The Weed of Hiraeth': Laverbread, Identity, and Museums in Wales". Journal of Museum Ethnography (22)....
nori and aonori; Ireland, dulse; Chile, cochayuyo. Laver is used to make laverbread in Wales, where it is known as bara lawr. In Korea, green laver is used...
can contain other ingredients such as scallions (spring onions), leeks, laverbread, onions and chives. Some recipes substitute cabbage with kale. There are...
harvested from the coasts of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland and used to prepare laverbread. Like "green laver", similar edible seaweeds with indigenous names translated...
Kappaphycus and Gigartinoid seaweed. Porphyra is used in Wales to make laverbread (sometimes with oat flour). In northern Belize, seaweed is mixed with...
includes recipes for Welsh lamb, and dishes such as cawl, Welsh rarebit, laverbread, Welsh cakes, bara brith and Glamorgan sausage. Example dishes of the...
Newfoundland. See: edible seaweed, seaweed farming, aquaculture of giant kelp, laverbread. microphytes Microphytes are microscopic organisms, and can be algal,...
biofuel source. Kelp – Large brown seaweeds in the order Laminariales Laverbread – Food made from edible seaweed Abbott, Isabella A (1989). "Food and food...
aggressive efforts are underway to remove it before it spreads. Kelp Kombu Laverbread Miyeok guk United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value...
than Penderry and Townhill wards. Local produce includes cockles and laverbread sourced from the Loughor estuary. Salt marsh lamb, raised in the salt...
plant foods such as tempeh and seaweed-derived foods such as nori and laverbread. Methylcobalamin has been identified in Chlorella vulgaris. Since only...
geographical indications and protected designations of origin "Welsh Laverbread"" (PDF). UK Government. Retrieved 27 July 2023. Product Specification:...
crisps. Other recipes include laverbread breakfast cake, laverbread and cockle pâté, laverbread with streaky bacon, and laverbread with mashed potato. There...
spring onion, which is then rolled into a sausage shape before frying. Laverbread is made using a purée of seaweed, and is traditionally served in a Welsh...
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