CSA Challenge - Day 2
Not too bad today! I used several things from our CSA box today. I can’t post about them all, because I did my IMBB #6: Grillers Delight entry today, to be posted on Sunday.
But here’s what I can tell you about:
Strawberry Rum Thingy:
I froze one pint of strawberries, then combined it with rum and some orange juice to come up with this quite tasty drink. I’d be tempted to call it an alcoholic smoothie of some sort, but… well… smoothies are so trendy these days, and I don’t do “trendy” well.
Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Currant Brandy Sauce:
I made a pretty good cream cheese pound cake, and served it with the currant sauce on top. For the currant sauce I cleaned the currants and added them to the pan with water, sugar, and very liberal splashes of brandy. After simmering for a while, I blended them with my immersion blender. I strained the sauce, put it back in the pan, adjusted the sugar and brandy (ok, I added a lot more brandy!), and simmered a bit longer again. This was served with a glass of Heitz Wine Cellars Ink Grade Vineyard Port
Click the link below to see the CSA box tally. Again, some things are marked off which won’t be posted til Sunday!
- Yellow Beans
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Minature White Cucumbers
- Fresh Garlic
- Fresh Cipollini
- Salad Mix
- Snow Peas
- Yellow Summer Squash
- Fennel
- White Currants
- Red Currants
- Chard (left over from last week!)
- Sautee Mix (left over from last week)
- Italian Flat Leaf Parsley (left over from last week)
- 1 Pint Strawberries (left over from last week)
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