Veggie prøn - Fresh from the Garden!
Gardening in Colorado is always tricky at best. Between the high altitude, sometimes blistering sun, relatively arid climate, propensity for weather disasters like hailstorms, late spring and early fall frosts it’s amazing we harvest much of anything a lot of years. This summer has been pretty good. Aside from a nasty hailstorm while I was in NYC, we’ve had a good amount of rain, lots of sun but not overly hot and, so far, knockonwood, no early freezes.
So here’s what I’ve been bringing in and cooking:
The big round eggplants are called Prosperosa. The purple striped ones are Purple Rain. I’ve also brought in some tomatoes to layer with slices of mozzarella and grilled eggplant, top with basil and parmesan and bake in an au gratin dish till brown and bubbly. Yum. Yum.
Sliced, salted and ready for olive oil and a hot charcoal grill. (I know there are differing opinions on whether to salt eggplant to draw out bitter juices before cooking. I’m in the salting camp. I respect the opinion of those who aren’t.)
Lots of tomatoes ready a couple of days later.
Also put some basil in the basket as I’m going to slice them, dress lightly with olive oil and golden balsamic and top with chopped basil.
Bon appetit!
Finally we had enough chiles for rellenos the other night.
Fresh from the garden.
Grilled and ready to peel and stuff.
We’ve already enjoyed a lot of fresh edamame and grilled sweet peppers. Cantaloupes are getting close too!
Posted by marindenver on 09/20/09 at 02:06 PM • Permalink
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