Yorkshire rhubarb is now here - straight from the Rhubarb Triangle around Wakefield. This is a classic seasonal British ingredient so make sure you enjoy it over the next few months. 

Other UK highlights include the brassicas, root vegetables and apples and pears out of store.

Blood oranges from Sicily are in full flow. The dark orange below is a rare variety called Black Moro, typically used for juicing. Tarocco is the best for eating. Sanguinelli is often grown near Valencia in Spain and is also more of a juicing variety. 

Other citrus includes clementines (now moving to Nardicott - the late variety), kumquats, cedro and bergamots. Seville oranges are all but over. 

It feels too early, but the first peas and broad beans are here from the sunniest corners of Southern Europe. 

There are also the first Gariguette strawberries from France, which are grown under cover rather than outdoors in order to force the crop. 

This shot shows a haul of garlic. Note that wild garlic will start this month, too.  

This is wet or new garlic, which is harvested before it has fully matured and has a milder flavour profile. 

From Italy, one of the more fashionable ingredients is agretti - a.k.a. monk's beard. 

The bitter leaves are also bang in season. These include puntarelle, cime di rapa and the radicchios. The product below is a small rosette of radicchio, typically called 'grumolo'.

This part of the world is also the source of winter tomato varieties such as Marinda. The crop below are Camone grown in Sardinia - what stunning colour!  

Moving over to Spain, these are calçots - from the onion family and typically charred then served with romesco sauce.  

I couldn't resist a photo of these chillies - a rainbow of colours.

For mushrooms, it is low season for wild species and Morels are coming from China where they are cultivated.

These beautiful salads caught the eye - huge and squeaky fresh.  

See you in March for our next Market Report.