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: Apples, citrus, sunchokes, carrots, radishes like watermelon, daikon, and cherry belle, hakueri and scarlet top turnips, garlic, greens like bok choy, napa cabbage, lacinato and curly kale, rainbow chard, and collards, herbs like thyme, parsley, cilantro, dill, and rosemary, fennel, bunching green onions, pea shoots and microgreens, gourmet mushrooms like oyster, chestnut, enoki, and lion’s mane, chicken, duck, and quail eggs, shrimp and other seafood, beef, pork, chicken, duck, sausages, bacon, charcuterie, cheese, raw milk, broths, breads, jams, ferments, fresh juices, pastries and sweet treats including gluten-free options, smoked trout and salmon, raw and flavored pecans, honey, coffee, teas, pickles, cocktail mixers, ghee, cooking oils, vinegars, hot sauce, homemade pasta and sauces, spice blends, pet treats.
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!
Chinese Tea Eggs Recipe:
Ingredients:
- Medium dozen eggs, recipe calls for 6-8 eggs
- Leche Milk Flow Chai tea, 2 TB
- Soy sauce or tamari, 1/3 cup
- Dark soy sauce or oyster sauce or mushroom sauce, 3 TB
- Light or dark brown sugar, 1/4 cup
- Water, 4 cups
- Optional: cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves
Directions:
- For a jammy yolk, use room temperature eggs and place in cold water, turn to high heat and boil for 6-7 minutes. Immediately drain water, then shock in cold water to stop from cooking.
- With the back of a spoon, gently crack the eggs all around. You just want cracks, there is no peeling involved on this step.
- In a pot, pour in 4 cups of water, add tea, soy sauces, brown sugar, and if you want more of a robust flavor, throw in one cinnamon sticks, 2 star anise, and a few cloves – these are completely optional as the tea already has amazingly rounded-out ingredients! You can tie most of these ingredients in a cheese cloth for a tidier clean-up, but this is also optional.
- Heat on stove until *just* warm enough to melt the sugar, stir, and then immediately take off the stove and cool down for a few minutes in fridge, then take back out and place eggs in the same pot and leave to marinate for at least 24 hours in the fridge. The longer the marinade, the stronger the flavor.
- Peel the shell off revealing the beautiful marbling and enjoy snacking or on a warm bed of rice or noodles!
Grapefruit Loaf Cake Recipe:
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice (about two fruits)
- ¾ cup sunflower oil
For the cake:
- 2 cups flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ cup milk of choice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp baking powder
For the glaze:
- ½ cup powder sugar
- 2 tsp grapefruit juice
- 1 tsp raspberry powder (optional, for color)
Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 350° F.
- Into a mixing bowl, whisk together your wet ingredients: grapefruit juice, milk, vanilla, and oil. Into a separate bowl sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Slowly, using a rubber spatula, combine the wet and dry ingredients into a smooth, fluffy batter.
- Thoroughly grease your loaf pan (or a 8-9 inch round) and pour the batter in. Bake for 60 minutes until the top has taken on a golden-brown color and a toothpick can be inserted and comes out dry.
- Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool completely to room temperature.
- To make the glaze whisk together the powders and juice until smooth. Once the cake is cool, drizzle the glaze on top and allow to harden. Enjoy.
You can also find the recipes for Chinese Tea Eggs and Grapefruit Loaf Cake at Community Farmers Markets’ Instagram.
