Strawberries... and more greens. (21. June 2006, 23:25 by Derek Young) ~ Week 2
So last week was our first week on the farmshare. It was fun. We made a strawberry rhubarb tart in the toaster oven (long story) and had greens in nearly everything. The salads tasted very good. The beets are still sitting in the crisper… much longer and we may have worm food.
What’s in store for us this week? More greens. The best looking red leaf lettuce we’ve ever seen. Spinach. Strawberries. The strawberries didn’t make it one night. They were like candy. Fava beans…. lots of fava beans. Kale. Spring garlic. And one stalk of rhubarb (for an even smaller tart this week).
The stove is fixed. Enough said about that…
What am I going to do with those fava beans…
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Fava beans make a great side dish for red meats. Take a venison sirloin, do the medium-rare, cracked peppercorn grilled treatment, create a red wine reduction with a few dried cranberries.
Steam up some Fava beans just past al dente then put the beans in a shallow bowl, drop on some of your sharper tasting fresh greens top with the steak and let the heat wilt the greans. Drizzle copious amounts of the reduction over everything, top with a pinch of fresh parsely and a drizzle of olive oil and dine away.
Yummy! Anyone ready for lunch yet? I’m suddenly starved.
1 | Posted by davest | Jun 22, 08:21 AM
“What am I going to do with those fava beans…”
...get a nice Chianti of course!
2 | Posted by morgan | Jun 22, 08:38 AM
Beets…beets.
Cut them up and roast ‘em Roast ‘em on the grill or under the broiler…until some are chared. They are naturally sweet because they are a tuber, and tubers are best roasted.
Some olive oil might be in order, too.
3 | Posted by Nathe | Jun 24, 07:26 PM
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