Calling All Market Recipes
What did you make when you got home from the market last week? Which market ingredients did you seek out or which ones did you find that inspired you to make a recipe you would love to share with us? Did you make something sweet, savory, simple, complex or was it pure comfort food? Did you make up the recipe or did it come from your favorite cookbook or on-line or from a friend.
Send your favorite market recipe to manager@mediafarmersmarket.com so that we can share the many unique and fun ways to cook up the harvest. If possible, please also send a photo of the market ingredients you used or of the finished product. So what inspired you this past week? Mushrooms, strawberries, goat cheese, fresh eggs, asparagus, bacon, ground beef or sausage? We look forward to sharing the many ways our market inspires you in the kitchen!
I made bacon wrapped asparagus – yum! Just google it it’s SO easy to make and SO good!
One of my favorites. Great recipe from “Super Natural Cooking” by Heidi Swanson. http://www.amazon.com/Super-Natural-Cooking-Delicious-Incorporate/dp/1587612755
Straw and Hay Fettuccine Tangle with Spring Asparagus Puree
by Heidi Swanson
From Super Natural Cooking
Serves 4 to 6
1 bunch asparagus spears, trimmed and halved crosswise
3 handfuls baby spinach leaves
2 cloves garlic
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for topping
1 cup toasted pine nuts
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for topping
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
4 ounces dried spinach fettuccine or 6 ounces fresh
4 ounces dried egg fettuccine or 6 ounces fresh
Bring 2 pots of water to a rolling boil, one large and one medium. You’ll use the large one to cook the pasta and the medium one to blanch the asparagus.
To make the asparagus puree, salt the asparagus water and drop the spears in the pot. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the spears are a bright green and barely tender. Drain and transfer to a food processor (preferably) or a blender. Add the spinach, garlic, the 1 cup Parmesan, and 3/4 cup of the pine nuts. Puree and, with the motor running, drizzle in the 1/4 cup olive oil until a paste forms. It should be the loose consistency of a pesto; if too thick, thin it with a bit of the pasta water. Add the lemon juice and salt, then taste and adjust the seasoning.
Salt the pasta water well and cook the pasta until just tender; you’ll need less time for fresh pasta, more for dried. Drain and toss immediately with 1 cup of the asparagus puree, stirring in more afterward depending on how heavily coated you like your pasta. Serve sprinkled with the remaining 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts, a dusting of Parmesan, and a quick drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.