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CSA Bounty – Star Hollow Farm

04 Sunday Apr 2010

Posted by kimhodgson in CSA, CSA Bounty

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apples, bibb lettuce, carrots, chives, claytonia, dill, fingerling potatoes, garlic greens, gold carrots, golden delicious, granny smith, honey crisp, mesculin greens, mizuna, parsnips, purple carrots, star hollow farm, yellow carrots

Spring is here! While most CSA subscribers in the region do not start receiving their weekly bounty until the beginning of June, Star Hollow Farm started this weekend. As a Star Hollow Farm CSA member, every Wednesday from the beginning of April through end of December I will be able to order a weekly CSA harvest box and additional a la carte items (produce and dairy).

Here’s what was in my April 3, 2010 harvest box:

Baby Mizuna (a variety of Japanese mustard, usually served raw in salad mix)

Claytonia (aka miner’s lettuce that grows wild in California, usually served raw in a salad)

Mixed Carrots (yellow, orange and purple varieties)

Parsnips

Onions

Bibb Lettuce

Romaine Lettuce

Fingerling Potatoes

Granny Smith, Golden Delicious & Honey Crisp Apples

I also ordered:

Tuscarora Mesclun

Garlic Greens

Chives

Dill

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Creamy Stewed Chicken with Multi-Colored Root Vegetables

28 Sunday Mar 2010

Posted by kimhodgson in Entree, Recipe

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chicken, fingerling potatoes, gold carrots, parsley, purple carrots, red carrots, yellow carrots, yellow onions

This is a great autumn or late winter recipe that uses a variety of root vegetables and even some new spring vegetables, such as fingerling potatoes. The combination of cream, chicken and savory/sweet root vegetables creates a delicious, hearty dish. Serve over rice or with a big piece of fresh sourdough bread. Recipe adapted from Chicken in Riesling at epicurious.com. (*Indicates Star Hollow Farm produce.)

(Cook’s Note: The recipe from epicurious.com indicates that the chicken dish should braise in the oven for about 20-25 minutes. The first time I cooked this it took more like 1 hour before the carrots and parsnips were tender. I recommend sauteing the carrots and parsnips with the onions (as I indicate in my version of the directions below) to speed up the cooking process.)

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 lb free-range, organic chicken breast on bone with skin
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
  • 3 medium yellow onions, chopped*
  • 6 medium carrots (red, orange, golden, purple and red varieties), peeled and sliced*
  • 2-4 medium parsnips, peeled and sliced*
  • 1 cup dry white wine (such as Riesling)
  • 1 1/2 pound small (2-inch) fingerling potatoes
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream or half-and-half
  • Fresh lemon juice to taste

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350F with rack in middle.
  2. Pat chicken dry and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and a rounded 3/4 teaspoon pepper. Heat oil with 1 tablespoon butter in a wide 3 1/2- to 5-quart heavy ovenproof pot over medium-high heat until foam subsides, then brown chicken in 2 batches, turning once, about 10 minutes total per batch. Transfer to a plate.
  3. Meanwhile, prepare onions, carrots, and parsnips and pat dry. Wash fingerling potatoes well and cook until just tender in a pressure cooker according to the directions of your pressure cooker (approximately 5 minutes at high pressure). Set potatoes aside and then after about 5 minutes, using just your hands, carefully peel skins off the potatoes.
  4. Pour off fat from pot, then cook onions, carrots, and parsnips and 1/4 teaspoon salt in remaining 2 tablespoons butter, covered, over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until onions are pale golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Add chicken, skin sides up, with any juices from plate, and wine and boil until liquid is reduced by half, 3 to 4 minutes. Cover pot and braise chicken in oven until cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. (Note: this may take longer, depending on the root vegetables you use.)
  5. Stir crème fraîche into chicken mixture and season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice, then add potatoes.

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