Rough Draft Atlanta is partnering with Community Farmers Markets to let you know what’s in season at your local market. Each week, we’ll share a list of ingredients that are farm fresh as well as a couple of recipes including those products that you can try at home.
Here’s what we’ve got for you this week: Peaches are coming!!! Strawberries, blueberries, asparagus, garlic scapes, green onions, sweet onions, leeks, celery, fennel, lettuces, carrots, turnips, radishes, bok choy, arugula, kale, collards, rainbow chard, cabbage, spinach, dill, cilantro, parsley, microgreens, gourmet mushrooms like oyster and lion’s mane, breads, jams, ferments, pastries, GF treats, eggs, beef, pork, chicken, duck, shrimp, smoked trout and salmon, pecans, honey, coffee, teas, pickles, cocktail mixers, ghee, cooking oils, vinegars, hot sauce, pastas, spice blends, pet treats, flower bouquets.
Atlanta non-profit Community Farmers Markets (CFM) has been building community through farmers markets since 2011. Operating five weekly outdoor farmers markets and seven farm stands at MARTA stations is one of the strategies by which the organization addresses food access in Atlanta. CFM also offers educational programming in the community, financial incentives to make local food more affordable, and professional development for small businesses. See you at the farmers markets!
Spring Rolls with Strawberry Ginger Compote Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1 bag spring greens
- 1 bag sunflower pea sprouts
- Bag of mint
- Quart of strawberries
- Rice paper
- Rice noodles
- Fresh ginger root
- Blood orange
- Vanilla extract
- Sugar
- Salt
Directions:
- Boil enough water to cover vermicelli rice noodles. Once boiling, add noodles and stir every 30 seconds or so because rice noodles will stick together.
- Once noodles are tender, dump out into a colander and immediately rinse thoroughly with cold water until the noodles are no longer hot. Set aside.
- Onto the compote! Chop strawberries into halves or quarters, depending on the size of strawberry. You want distinguishable chunks in the sauce.
- Grate 1 TBSPN of ginger. Slice blood orange in half. Toss strawberries and grated ginger in a pot and squeeze all of the blood orange into it as well. Add 1/4 C of sugar into the pot.
- Turn stove to med heat and stir once. Let sit until it starts sizzling, about 1 min, and stir again. Do this intermittently until the liquid from the strawberries becomes sludgey, but you still have some strawberry chunks in there.
- Turn heat off, stir in a pinch of salt and 1 TSPN of vanilla extract. Let compote cool down. Set aside.
- Pull out any pan or plate (with walls) bigger than the width of the rice paper. Pour enough water to submerge the rice paper in. Luke warm water works best. Submerge paper and leave it in there for just a few seconds.
- Gently pull rice paper out and spread it out on a flat surface. You want to work fairly quickly for the next steps because the paper gradually gets stickier to work with.
- Add rice noodles, pea sprouts, greens, and mint into the center. Gently grab the bottom of the paper, pull over and then tuck under ingredients, then fold sides over and roll up.
- Use compote as dipping sauce or drizzle on top.
Sautéed Asparagus Recipe:
Ingredients:
- Asparagus
- Oil
- Salt and pepper
Directions:
- Prep: Check for woody ends – keep any of the ends you can snap off for another use (broth! purees! compost!). Cut into 1-2 inch lengths. Cut the thicker ends shorter and the narrow floppy spiked ends longer.
- Add 1 tbsp oil to a sauté pan or wok, bring to med-high heat. Add asparagus, season with dashes of salt and pepper. Add enough asparagus to cover the bottom of the pan-and-then-some is fine! Sauté 5 min or so, depending on the thickness and temperature of your stalks. Look for your asparagus to turn bright green and then tender to your liking.
- Serve it up! It doesn’t need any fancy toppings, but they certainly take those tasty tender spears to the next level. You could also stirring into pasta, risotto, salads, purée to make a yummy springy soup.
You can also find the recipes for Spring Rolls with Strawberry Ginger Compote and Sautéed Asparagus on Community Farmers Markets’ Instagram.
