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Chard-Tomato Peasant Pasta
recipe told by Martin to Julia (one of the farmers at Mariquita farms) who wrote it all down as best she could ---this calls for Erbette chard. I am sure ours will do fine!
1 bunch (Erbette) Chard, cleaned, stems removed, and very roughly chopped (can be in fairly large pieces)
olive oil garlic cloves, peeled and chopped (3?)
4-5 medium sized ripe tomatoes, chopped
fresh pasta, we used Cafferata's fresh spaghetti or dried spaghetti
splash of white wine or squeeze of lemon
S & P
**note: have tongs or other utensil to fish cooked chard out of the water so you can boil the pasta in the same water. another note: save a little pasta water for the final dish....
Bring one large pot of water to boil, then add a couple of teaspoons of salt. Add chard pieces to the water and cook until blanched, 2 minutes or so. Fish out the chard with tongs or strainer. Add pasta to water to cook if using dried pasta...
Meantime, cook the garlic in the oil in a large saute pan for 1 minute over medium or medium high heat until softening a little, make sure it doesn't burn. Add blanched chard & chopped tomatoes. Cook for 5-7 minutes. Cook up the pasta now if you're using fresh pasta.
Now the fun part: toss everything together, with a splash of white wine or lemon juice, and add a little of the pasta water to make everything a tad soupy. Adjust seasoning (add S & P to taste) and EAT.
PEACHES!! Our friends at Dry Creek Peach and Produce are offering a peachy deal for our CSA members. Starting today, you can get 6 peaches for $5.00. This is a great deal! The peaches this week are September Snow and Snow King. They are really sweet. If you’ve ever had their peaches, you know what I’m talking about! At this point this is available for those of you who pick up at the farm (or those of you who pick up at a drop off point can let me know and come by on your pick up day and get some peaches too.
Barn News: We are meeting with people from Sutter Tuesday to talk about moving the barn. We are hoping they will be able to help. Now that the hospital has been approved on that site, it’s full steam ahead. We will keep you posted on what’s happening.
CSA Availability: We still have room in our CSA if you know of anyone who may want to join, have them give me a call or come into the Farm Stand and talk to one of us. Thanks!
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RECIPES: Please send me any seasonal recipes
you may want to see in the Menu!
Gift Certificates/ Other Gifts: We will have
Gift Certificates available for both the Farm Stand and CSA
if you are interested for all
your gift-giving needs. We also have gorgeous wool scarves
and blankets as well as beautiful chile vinegar to name a
few items.
Wool Products: We have some gorgeous hand woven scarves
and blankets/ throws from the WE Tierra Shetland Sheep. Stop
in the Farm Stand for a look-see.
Come visit: Please all of you who pick up at drop off locations,
come visit. We are open Saturdays from 11 to 6 and you are
all more than welcome to come take a walk in the field and
visit with your vegetables/ fruits.
HONEY: We’ve got honey from the field: Tierra Vegetables
Estate Honey. It is really sweet and flavorful. Scott, our
beekeeper at Nelson Family Apiary, is using it for his honey
of the month! We can put it in your box. We’ve got two
sizes: 10 oz for $8.50 and 20 oz for $12.00. Let me know.
PLASTIC BAGS; We need lots of CLEAN plastic bags, please.
We go through a lot and are not ordering any more until we
can get the non-GMO biodegradable ones.
PICK UP POLICY NOTE: We are experiencing
an issue with boxes not being picked up at various locations,
including the Farm Stand, on a timely manner. We understand
that sometimes you forget or something comes up that you can’t
get your box of vegetables. If this happens, please call me
at 696-8148 and we will bag it up for those
picking up at the farm or hold it at the drop off locations.
Otherwise, boxes left over 24 hours will be donated or used
by our hosts. Thank you.
Reminder: The Farm
Stand is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from
11 to 6:00.
VISIT THE
FARM: Please come on in for a visit whenever you can and bring
the kids!
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EGGS---Our chickens are starting to lay their
eggs! Hooray. These beautiful and delicious eggs are available
at the Farm Stand. Better watch out, though: the customers
at the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market would take them all if
we'd let them. You all get priority! Come check them out and
see what a really fresh egg looks and tastes like.
Calling all loyal CSA members. We would love
to put your recipes in the Menu. If you have anything that
you'd like to share, please e-mail me at evie@tierravegetables.com
and most likely your recipe (or comment) will make its way
to this little Menu.
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