Campanile chef Mark Peel forages the market each week. This week he's
making the most of green garlic, which is the plant
before it becomes a dried bulb. It looks like a scallion but smells
like garlic. Mark combines 4 bunches of green garlic, 4 bunches of baby
spring onions and a pound of potatoes to make a soup. He thinly slices
the garlic and onions, cubes the potatoes and adds 2 quarts of water
and a little butter. Boil until fork tender. Blend the soup in a
blender and strain through a sieve. Add salt and pepper and enjoy.
Green Garlic
Farmer Bill Coleman grows a few different varieties of radicchio,
including the one pictured below. This variety, which grows this way in the
spring, still has the bitter flavor of regular radicchio but lacks
the bulb formation of its cousins.
Radicchio
Celery root is also in season. This
knotty bulb has a celery flavor and can be cut up into soups or
shredded into salads. The tops have a very strong celery flavor and
make a good seasoning for salads or soups.
Celery Root
Support the Farmer's Kitchen at a benefit dinner this Monday, March 16 at Pace. Chef Sandy Gendel and the farmers at the Hollywood Market are providing a seasonal menu, with proceeds going to SEE-LA's Farmer's Kitchen.
Music break: Mexican Shuffle by Le London All Stars
