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, along with a couple of recipes that include those products.
Here’s what you’ll find in the way of produce at the farmers market this week: Bok choy/pak choi, carrots, radishes, turnips, apples, winter squashes, kale, collards, sweet potatoes, mandarins/satsuma oranges, beets, sunchokes, arugula, tomatoes, garlic, khlorabi, lettuce / mixed greens, microgreens, peppers, Gourmet mushrooms (oyster, lion’s mane, shiitake), herbs (parsley, chives, green onions, cilantro, rosemary), and tomatoes.
Look for these specialty items: Pecans, smoked salmon and trout, flowers (marigolds, sunflowers, cosmos, mixed flower bouquets), pastured pork, wild caught shrimp, eggs, goat + sheep cheese, milk, jam, chocolate, honey, oils, tea blends, cold pressed juices, hot sauce, vinegars, nut butters, spice blends, ghee, pickles, pasta, tortillas, apple cider, and bone broth.
Atlanta non-profit Community Farmers Markets (CFM) has been building community through farmers markets since 2011. Operating weekly outdoor farmers markets as well as rotating farm stands are 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 y’all at the farmers market!
Sweet Potato Soufflé Recipe:
Ingredients (serves 2):
- 1/2 cup sweet potatoes
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk of your choice
- 2 TB maple syrup (add more for sweeter taste)
- Salt
Directions:
- Poke holes in sweet potatoes with fork and either roast or microwave them until tender.
- Allow to cool to touch and peel skin off and mash them.
- Separate egg yolks and egg whites in two different bowls. To the bowl with egg yolks, add sweet potatoes , grated ginger, milk, maple syrup, and a pinch of salt and mix until smooth.
- Add the tiniest pinch of salt to the egg whites, then with either an electric mixer or just your hands, some muscle, and a whisk, whisk egg whites together. They’ll become foamy, then glossy with ripples. Stop at soft peaks (not firm peaks). When you lift your whisk out of the egg whites, the egg whites should slip clean off as opposed to firm peaks where the egg whites stick to the whisk.
- Scoop half of egg whites out and mix into sweet potatoes until smooth.
- Take the last half of egg whites and with a (silicone) spatula, gently fold into the rest of the potatoes until most of the white is mixed in.
- Pour batter into ramekins to fill to the top and stick in a preheated 425 F oven for 15-18 minutes. The inside should not be wet, but instead dry, light and fluffy. Enjoy!
Sweet Potato and White Bean Soup Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 5 Sweet Potatoes, diced
- 5 garlic cloves, smashed and minced
- 1 two-inch piece of ginger, minced
- 1 bunch of carrots, carrot tops chopped and carrots cut into circles
- 1 box of sunchokes, sliced thin
- 2 lemon leaves, torn off the stem
- 1 box of aji dulce peppers, chopped
- 1 bunch of green bunching onions, sliced thin
- 3 QT of veggie broth
- 2 cans of organic white beans, drained
- 1 tsp chipotle powder
- 1 tsp Pulp Fresno powder
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tbs olive oil
Directions:
- Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a large stock pot and add the ginger, garlic and aji dulce peppers.
- Once the garlic starts to brown and the ginger and peppers soften, add in the chipotle powder, fresno powder and salt, coating the ingredients and releasing the spices’ flavor.
- After 30 seconds, add in the sweet potatoes and sauté another 5 minutes.
- Add in the carrots, sunchokes and veggie broth, covering and cooking for about 15 minutes at a soft boil, or until you can easily pierce the sweet potatoes with a fork. Stir in the beans and carrot tops.
- To serve, pour 2 ladles into a bowl and top with green onions. Enjoy!
You can also find the recipes for Sweet Potato Soufflé and Sweet Potato and White Bean Soup on Community Farmers Markets’ Instagram.