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, blueberries, kale, lettuce, cabbage, bok choy, and other greens like collards, mustard greens, spinach, and rainbow chard, kohlrabi, carrots, beets, peas, asparagus, radishes like french breakfast and watermelon, herbs like mint, dill, chives, parsley, and thyme, green garlic and green onions, microgreens, gourmet mushrooms like king oyster and shiitake, chicken, duck, and quail eggs, 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, vinegar, 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!
Grilled Peaches Recipe:
Ingredients:
- Peaches
- Sugar
- Balsamic vinegar
- Unsalted butter
- Goat cheese
- Honey
- Oregano
Directions:
- Pit your peaches.
- Make your balsamic reduction with 1:1 ratio of sugar and balsamic vinegar, cook until it’s a nice syrupy consistency.
- Heat a cast iron on medium heat for a few minutes before adding unsalted butter, then let it melt.
- Put your pitted peaches in and cook until both fleshy sides are a caramelized brown.
- Whip up your goat cheese with about 3 tablespoons of honey.
- Build your peach babies with a dollar of honeyed goat cheese and a good dose of the balsamic reduction and a few leaves of fresh oregano.
Spaghetti with Sautéed Garlicky Greens and Vegan Parma Recipe:
Ingredients:
Hemp seed parma:
- 1/4 cup shelled hemp seed
- 1/4 cup raw cashews
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
Spruce tip sautéed vegetables:
- 1/4 cup chopped spruce tips
- 1/2 cup chopped green garlic
- 1/2 bunch of mixed raab
- 1 cup mixed snow peas
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Spaghetti:
- 12 oz whole wheat spaghetti
- 3 quarts of water
- 3 tsp of salt
Directions:
Hemp seed parma:
Add all the ingredients to a spice grinder or food processor and blend into a fine crumble like texture. Don’t over process it or you’ll have a paste.
Spruce tip sautéed vegetables:
- Blanch the mixed raab. To do this bring a pot of water to boil then drop the raab in.
- Once the green color becomes vibrant, in about 30 seconds, immediately drop them into an ice bath to not over cook, then drain and set to the side.
- Blanch the snow peas as well.
- Add the oil to a pan, then when hot add in the chopped spruce tips and green garlic. Cook until fragrant then toss in the raab and snow peas.
Spaghetti:
- Bring a large pot of the salted water to a boil. Cook the spaghetti until al dente (where all of the pasta is chewy and hydrated except a small bit at the center). Reserve 3/4 cup of the pasta water, then drain.
- Remove the sautéed veggies from the pan then add another tablespoon of olive oil, 1/2 a cup of the pasta water, 1/3 cup of your hemp seed parma (which can be substituted for sunflower seeds in whole or part of the recipe), and a very generous amount of cracked black pepper.
- Mix until slightly creamy then toss in the cooked pasta. Add the other 1/4 of pasta water if too dry.
- Garnish or lay the pasta on a bed of wood sorrel, sprinkle with more parma and black pepper, enjoy with a side of sautéed veggies.
You can also find the recipes for Grilled Peaches and Spaghetti with Sautéed Garlicky Greens and Vegan Parma on Community Farmers Markets’ Instagram.
