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Category Archives: Garden
Pickled White Turnips
Keep turnips whole up to the size of a ping pong ball, halve any larger. Make sure to wash and remove bad spots before parboiling. This is the ratio per 32 oz jar of pickles. Pickled White Turnips 1 1/2 … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Garden, How to, Recipes, Sides, Things in Jars, vegetarian
Tagged canning, healthy, pickle, turnip
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Blueberry Lemon Scones
Blueberry Lemon Scones 4 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 T. baking powder 3/4 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp. lemon zest, grated 1 cup + 1 T. unsalted butter, very cold 1 1/2 cups … Continue reading
Grape Currant Jelly
Recently got a whole bunch of fresh grapes and currants. This is a jellied jam. The currant is pressed into a juice that jellies the grape jam and it’s tartness is a perfect match to the ripe table grapes. It … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Dessert, Food, Garden, Recipes, Things in Jars
Tagged canning, fruit, jam, jelly, preserves
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Semolina Plum Coffee Cake
This is a great coffee cake that takes advantage of fresh large plums. Semolina Plum Cake 4 plums halved and pitted 1 1/2 cups + 2 tbsp semolina flour 1 cup unbleached white flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 13 … Continue reading
Black Cod with Scallop, Fava and Porcini Sauce
For this sauce use fresh porcini and double shelled fresh favas. Choose scallops that are roughly the size of a quarter. If black cod is unavailable, halibut, red snapper or trout will work well. To quickly shell the second skin … Continue reading
Rhubarb Compote
This is a good way to use up leftover cherries and rhubarb. Rhubarb Compote 6 cups rhubarb chopped into 1/2″ pieces 3 cups cherries halved 2 tbsp grated ginger 1 1/2 cups sugar Mix everything together in a sauce pan … Continue reading
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Tagged fresh, fruit, sauce, topping
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Fava Puree
Again use fresh fava bean pods no longer than 4″. This works best if she second skin can remain on when grinding. The easiest way to tell is eat a raw one and see if the skin is tough and … Continue reading
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Tagged bean, blend, fresh, paste, spread
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Raw Fava Beans with Romano
Fava beans are best served raw, tossed in good olive oil, black pepper and grated romano. They can be eaten whole as long as the outside skin has not grown tough enough to require removal. Pick pods once they reach … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Dinner, Food, Garden, Italian, Recipes, vegetarian
Tagged fava, fresh, garden, traditional
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Baked Chicken with Chestnut Mushrooms, Pea Shoots and Rhubarb Sauce
This is a great way to use leftover rhubarb sitting around after a pie. It also makes use of fresh pea shoots and chestnut mushrooms, all of which come in season at the same time. Strain and keep the boiling … Continue reading
Cornmeal Crusted Scallop Salad
This is a perfect light dinner or first course. Make sure to use fresh scallops that are all roughly the same size. Four to five are good per person as a main or two as a starter course. This recipe … Continue reading