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October 10, 2005
CSA box this week
This week we introduce several new vegetables. Panther is a green cauliflower. It has a slightly drier consistency than white cauliflower, making it an excellent addition to stir fries. It is tasty raw or cooked. Romanesco is a cross a heirloom hybrid of cauliflower and broccoli. It has a "fractual" shape, spirally with cone shaped flowerettes. It can be cut up and cooked like cauliflower or broccoli, but many prefer to serve it whole so diners can appreciate it's unique shape. Misty roasts it and serves it whole, her recipe is here. Kailaan is also known as Chinese broccoli. It has stalks like tall, slender broccoli, wide collard like leaves and has small white flowering heads. Part of the mustard family, it is very popular in Chinese stir fries and has a slightly more potent taste than broccoli. It is good raw in salads or cooked. This is also the first appearance of Brussel sprouts. Although we haven't had a good frost yet to really sweeten them up, this is still a favorite of many of our customers. If it is a favorite of yours, please pipe in with any recipes or serving ideas for your fellow CSA members.
This week, we are doing "make it yourself" salad mix. Combine the head lettuces with our saute mix to get just the balance of lettuce and fall greens that you prefer. Our saute mix is blended to hold up in sautes, braising and other hot dishes, but it is also delicious raw.
The berries are just about done, wet weather may prohibit us being able to offer quality berries in sufficient quantity again this season. For fruit this week, we have Gala apples from Brownfield Orchards in Chelan. Brownfield was the first certified organic orchard in the state and has been in the family for three generations. These apples are crisp, sweet and delicious.
The tomatoes are also just about done for the season, but first dibs are going to small and medium shares this week. Try combining them with the Yukon Gold Potatoes from Alden Farms in one of my favorite recipes: Italian Potato Casserole. I posted this recipe earlier for our summer customers but I wanted our winter customers to know about it as well. Substitute the spinach that the recipe calls for with saute mix.
Small Shares:
1/4lb saute mix, 4 baby heads lettuce, 1/2# yukon gold potatoes, 1/4# Brussel Sprouts, 2 Apples, 1 head panther cauliflower, 2 tomatoes.
Medium Shares:
All of the above, minus the cauliflower. Plus more saute mix, lettuce, potatoes, sprouts, apples and tomatoes. In addition you will receive: Romanesco, gold beets and Kailaan.
Large Shares:
Everything in a medium share with additional amounts of saute mix, lettuce, potatoes, apples & Kailaan. In addition, there will be chiogga beets, fennel and golden raspberries(weather permitting).
Posted by Christine at October 10, 2005 08:44 PM
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