Roast Chicken (Crooked Gap)
So this was the simple preparation that I wanted to do. Some Salt, some pepper, and a sliced lemon stuffed inside. It worked out good, it was butchered pretty well, which lead to the relatively even cooking (400° for a bit, then down to 325° to finish). So The only thing I would've changed were to perhaps brine it a bit before cooking, but other then that a very good quality chicken that I know was raised well. Thanks to the friendly family down at Crooked Gap for providing me with a new source for chicken. (I still miss Tai, though).
I served the chicken with mashed potatoes and I made the potatoes by using not only used fresh Reichert's Chèvre , but the chive blossom variety. I also used some butter and cream, but the tangy chèvre and the mild garlicky and onion taste of the chive blossoms made for an amazing taste. I'm curious as to what I could do by using goats milk and goats butter, or if that would make it too goaty. Even so, I know I'm doing this again. Perhaps this week. I got some garlic scapes chèvre and this keeps going through my head.
Bratwurst (Crooked Gap)
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Open-Face Sausage and Peppers Sandwiches
This cames together very quickly. I used some ciabatta long rolls to make them and topped them with a bit of Cleverly Farms fine greens, which my brain is forgetting what type they are. Good quick dinner.
Pasta with Peas, Arugula & Prosciutto
So I didn't have quite enough of Cleverly Farms peas to make this dish, so I had to add some frozen peas to this. The fresh peas made a huge difference in the taste. I've never had it so dramatically presented before. It was the exact same presentation and the fresh peas stood up to the arugula and prosciutto and the frozen just languished in the background.
Any dish with this much prosciutto is going to be good, and this was the case here. I enjoyed it very much.
Sesame Beef and Snap Peas
So this came together faster then I could make rice. After two hours of "fixing" one of the toilets (as in everything is great except for the seal between the tank and the bowl, which is barely leaking) and after my arms and hands were exhausted, and throughly cleaned, this came together quickly.
It tasted very good, but I had to wait for the short grain brown rice to finish before we could eat. It was already 8:30 or so, but we ended up eating very late. But it was a good use of the snap peas from Blue Gate.
Pork Sausage (Crooked Gap) Pizza
Delayed until Today! Wanted to give the dough an extra day to age.
