We forget that greens make a great taco filling. Try this recipe from Michelle McKenzie and her book “Dandelion and Quince.” I don’t know what variety of small pepper was in our box this week, but it would be delicious in this recipe.
Seth Freedman, who once did demos at the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market but is now with PeachDish, created this recipe as a market demo. He was using hareuki turnips, the sweet little white ones that are similar in size to radishes, but you can take today’s turnip and cut it into pieces about the size of the radishes in the box. It’s a “recipe” that couldn’t be simpler, but a nice reminder that turnips and radishes go well together.
This is a recipe from the late, lamented Dunwoody Green Market. Pick up fresh turmeric from the Morningside or Peachtree Road farmers markets (where you can also pick up some of Riverview’s pork for dinner) and really make dinner a local feast.
In a large saucepan, combine sugar, vinegar, radishes and water. Simmer on low for an hour, then use an immersion blender or food processor to finely chop, but not puree. Will keep refrigerated for a month.
This easy spread, created by event planner and caterer Lisa Rochon, won an honorable mention at Peachtree Road Farmers Market’s 2010 “Market Mash-Up” vendor recipe contest. Her mash-up involved using goat cheese, garlic, herbs, kale and radishes from different farmers at the market. The recipe works as a dip, a simple appetizer or first course served with sliced bread or as the base for a fabulous sandwich.
This recipe, adapted from “Vegetable Literacy” by Deborah Madison, is the perfect way to use so many of the bits in the box this week.
I’m going to start you off with what has been the most widely publicized Atlanta recipe for the past few months, the Radish Sandwiches with Butter and Salt from Steven Satterfield’s new cookbook, “From Root to Leaf.” They’ve been everywhere from the New York Times to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A reminder from a master chef of how simple things can be best. The recipe in the book calls for two bunches of radishes, but of course, you only received one. So make half the recipe, or run to your local farmers market tomorrow or over the weekend and pick up more.
Here’s what he says in the book about the recipe: “The French figured out a long time ago that the best way to cut the heat of a raw radish is to dip it into softened butter and sprinkle it with salt. They also take it one step further and put it on a baguette, turning it into a light lunch or a snack with wine. The trick is not to skimp on the radishes or the butter. Think of the radish as the meat and the butter as the mayo. If you’re feeling creative, whip the butter with fresh herbs like chives or tarragon. I like to pair this with chilled spring greens soup or wrap it in wax paper and take it on a picnic.”
Storing radishes: Go ahead and remove the greens and rinse the radishes. You can save the greens to add to a salad, or to make pesto. But if you leave them on the roots, they’ll sap some of the energy. Keep the roots in a plastic bag with some ventilation. They should hold up to a week.
Each week I put together a collection of recipe ideas for what’s arrived in our beautiful Riverview boxes, but you know, sometimes you just don’t have the time or inclination to follow a recipe. Or maybe you’re in a situation where you don’t have the equipment or ingredients to do anything relatively elaborate. This weekend…
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I’m excited to see the return of radishes. It gives me the chance to provide another pickling recipe for those of you into that sort of thing. This is from Roy Eyester at Rosebud. Cut the recipe in half for a small bunch of radishes.
Ok, what are you doing with all those daikon radishes? These days I’m slicing them onto sandwiches and stirring them into soup. I’m planning to experiment tomorrow with dicing the daikon and combining it with diced avocado, then making a dressing featuring sesame oil and trying that as a bruschetta-type topping. How about you?
Here’s another idea for your radishes – using them in potato salad. This recipe is from Scott Serpas of Serpas Fine Food. He made it for a demo at the Peachtree Road Farmers Market. Great now, great next spring.
