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Kohlrabi-Apple Remoulade

November 23, 2011 By in Recipes, Thanksgiving Recipes Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

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Remoulade sounds fancy, right? Just imagine, you can set this on your Thanksgiving table and announce its name, and your guests will swoon. It’s basically the French version of cole slaw, but we’ll keep that between us.

Remoulade is traditionally made with celery root, but it adapts well to other vegetables. To keep your remoulade crunchy, make the dressing tonight, then grate the kohlrabi and apple tomorrow and stir everything together. Easy, fancy-sounding, and a much-needed raw counterpart to all that starch? Yes, please.

- Moriah Simmons

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CSA Share: November 19

November 18, 2011 By in Shares Tags: , , Leave a comment

Parsnips will be showing up in this week's share. Photo from Flickr by Matthew Folley.

We’re at the time we all knew would sadly come: The last CSA share of the season. But there’s a few special treats to mark the occasion …

From Kristen: “Each year I try to plant a couple hard-to-grow crops I didn’t the year before. It’s a HTG crop if it a) has to be in the ground for longer than 60 days; b) takes up a lot of space and c) is really picky about its growing conditions.

This year I wanted to grow enough cabbage and broccoli for a fall harvest — and parsnips despite how long they take to mature. Luckily, we had success for both crops! Granted, some of the cabbages and parsnips are tiny because they were planted in beds that get some shade. Please enjoy this last harvest. I hope some of you are able to use your share in some holiday cooking. I’ll be making mashed parsnips and potatoes!”

{This week’s share details after the jump}

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Even More Kohlrabi: Fresh Mozzarella and Roasted Kohlrabi Crostini with Crispy Lemons and Shallots

August 4, 2011 By in Recipes, What I Made Tags: , , , Leave a comment

When discussing our CSA vegetable bounty, a friend and I decided to have a CSA dinner party, preparing dishes made from our respective shares. As luck would have it, I had time only to prepare fennel and kohlrabi salad (from The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual by way of the Brooklyn Supper Blog) the night before. My plan to make fresh mozzarella and roasted kohlrabi crostini with crispy lemons and shallots was thwarted by a friend’s move the day of the dinner and a rainstorm making transport to Carroll Gardens potentially soggy.

Luckily, my friends made an amazing meal that made up for my lack of dishes. I made the crostini the next day, using the kohlrabi, garlic and basil from my share. Both recipes are from a site I recently discovered call Gojee, a recipe aggregator that allows users to type in the ingredients they crave, or individual or multiple ingredients they have on hand and want to use. You can even tell Gojee what you don’t like. The recipes are culled from a variety of blogs. (Think Epicurious meets Tastespotting.) —Josie Rubio

{Recipe after the jump}

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Kohlrabi? What Do I Do With That?

August 2, 2011 By in Recipes, What I Made Tags: , , 1 Comment

So I’m sure at least a few of you were asking yourselves, “What’s a kohlrabi?”  If you were, you’re not alone.  I wasn’t too sure exactly what a kohlrabi was, either.  I had heard of it before, but I’ve never tried it.  And considering that I was a chef years ago, and have been involved with restaurants and the hospitality business for several years now, I don’t think that speaks well of the kohlrabi’s reputation.

But fear not!

Though it might look frightening, kohlrabi is not only delicious and offers a very unique flavor that can be easily substituted into more traditional dishes.

{Recipe and more after the jump.}

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CSA Share: July 23

July 22, 2011 By in Shares Tags: , , , Leave a comment

The tomatoes are coming, the tomatoes are coming!

“I ate our first tomato today,” Kristen reports this week. “It’s possibly the most exciting moment on the farm for me. Well, maybe the first pea could be a close second. However, for some reason the tomatoes take sooo long and require sooo much attention that seeing that first one is quite possibly the closest I can come to know what it feels like to send your child off to their first day of school.”

The eggplants, melons and okra are also starting to product their first fruits. In the meantime, get those chard recipes ready — here’s what you can expect in this week’s share. Come get yours on the farm Saturday between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

{This week’s share details after the jump}

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