Well, this week brought searing heat, wilted CSA members, and serious summer vegetables and fruit! Peaches, apricots, and plums scream “summer” to me.
All the fruit has been fantastic eaten out of hand. It would make good sorbet, too.
The vegetable I was most excited about was the fava beans. I look forward to them every year.
I think they are gorgeous pods, but the beans inside are even more fantastic. I shell them and then remove each bean’s outer covering, throw them into a pan containing a little hot olive oil, and cook them till they start to brown a bit. Sometimes I cook them with onions. Then I eat them with fleur de sel on top. Perfection!
We got more greens – butter lettuce and curly cress. Not much to do with them except make a salad, which I did.
We also got fennel – I’ll probably braise it.
Oh, and spring onions!
And peas! Shelling peas – I made a tasty salad with them that involved mint and dates (recipe to come).
Lastly, we got zucchini, which was a surprise! I chose 5 perfect medium sized squash, which I will make zucchini fritters out of this weekend. I’ll probably grate whatever is left and freeze it for zucchini bread.
So much great produce! I just love my CSA.
