Rough Draft Atlanta is partnering with Community Farmers Markets to let you know what’s in season at your local market. Each week, we’ll share a list of ingredients that are farm fresh as well as a couple of recipes including those products that you can try at home.
Here’s what we’ve got for you this week: Carrots, turnips, radishes like french breakfast and watermelon, asparagus, strawberries, bok choy, spinach, cabbage, and other greens like collards, lettuce, arugula, and rainbow chard, cauliflower, broccoli, herbs like marjoram, tarragon, oregano, chives, rosemary and cilantro, green onions, pea shoots and microgreens, gourmet mushrooms like shiitake, oyster, and lion’s mane, chicken, duck, and quail eggs, beef, pork, chicken, duck, sausages, bacon, charcuterie, cheese, raw milk, broths, breads, jams, ferments, fresh juices, pastries and sweet treats including gluten-free options, smoked trout and salmon, raw and flavored pecans, honey, coffee, teas, pickles, cocktail mixers, ghee, cooking oils, vinegar, hot sauce, homemade pasta and sauces, spice blends, pet treats, plant starts.
Atlanta non-profit Community Farmers Markets (CFM) has been building community through farmers markets since 2011. Operating five weekly outdoor farmers markets and seven farm stands at MARTA stations is one of the strategies by which the organization addresses food access in Atlanta. CFM also offers educational programming in the community, financial incentives to make local food more affordable, and professional development for small businesses. See you at the farmers markets!
Glazed Chicken Wings Recipe:
Ingredients:
- Cilantro
- 1 lb chicken wings = 12 total flats and drumettes/6 whole wings
- Your choice of wing sauce: soy ginger vidalia, asian bbq teriyaki pineapple, sweet chili peach, etc.
- Salt
- Cracked Black Pepper
- MSG (optional)
- Sesame seeds (optional)
Directions:
- You can leave the wings as whole or you can break them down with a sharp knife and separate the wings into drummettes, flats, and tips. If you’re not into the tips, they go great into making a stock.
- Pat the wings dry and season with salt and cracked black pepper, and 1 tsp of MSG. MSG is optional, however, it definitely adds more umami if you choose to toss it in to season your wings.
- Pour your choice of sauce and pour just enough to cover the wings. Marinate for at least 1 hour – the longer the marinade, the better.
- Preheat your oven to 400 F degrees. In the meanwhile, place parchment paper (highly suggest this over oiled aluminum foil) on top of a baking tray and lay wings on top.
- Place in oven. Every 10-12 minutes, take tray out of oven and brush sauce on both sides. Keep basting the wings until they have been cooking for 40-45 minutes in the oven.
- Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds and cilantro to garnish.
Seared Asparagus Recipe:
Ingredients:
- Asparagus
- Fauxmage Truffle Nut Cheese Spread (or whatever spread you like)
- Salt and cracked black pepper
Directions:
- Take a stalk with one of each hand holding the ends and just snap it! The stalks will naturally snap where they need to, breaking off the woody ends.
- Toss ends in a blender with a little bit if water to get it moving – add small amounts of water if you need it get it going more. Blend until smooth and then strain through a fine mesh sieve or squeeze through a cheese cloth to separate the broth and fibers. Salt to taste.
- You’ll just need the broth. Sauté in a cast iron or pan with salt and pepper.
- Now it’s time to assemble: pour broth on plate. Add your asparagus stalks, then drop some truffle nut cheese on top.
You can also find the recipes for Glazed Chicken Wings and Seared Asparagus at Community Farmers Markets’ Instagram.
