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Roasted Fiddleheads with Goat Cheese

May 10, 2022 By marketeditor

Adapted from the recipe by Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy

Prep & cook time: 40 min

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 pound fresh fiddlehead ferns*
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • 3 ounces goat cheese*, crumbled

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425º F. Wash and rinse the fiddleheads several times, removing the brown papery husks. Pat dry and remove any loose brown leaves and trim any dry ends.
  2. Place cleaned fiddleheads into a roasting dish. Coat with olive oil and season with salt & pepper.
  3. Roast for 25-30 minutes, stirring about ½ way through.
  4. Remove from the oven and place on a serving tray, and top with crumbled goat cheese.

 

*Ingredients currently available at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market

Filed Under: News, Seasonal Recipes Tagged With: farm to table, farmers' market, Local, regional, Saratoga Springs

Simple Bread Pudding

April 4, 2022 By marketeditor

Adapted from the recipe by Mark Bittman

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Prep & cook time: 1hr 45 min

There aren’t often leftovers from a loaf of locally made bread. However, if you find that you have extra or part of a loaf has gotten stale, we highly recommend bread pudding as a delicious way to enjoy bread to its very end. 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups milk*
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, more for greasing pan
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  •  Pinch salt
  • ½ loaf sweet egg bread (like brioche-style bread*, cinnamon raisin bread*, challah, cinnamon rolls) cut into 2-inch cubes (about 5 to 6 cups)
  • 4 eggs*, beaten

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a small saucepan over low heat, warm milk, butter, vanilla, sugar, and salt. Continue cooking just until butter melts; cool. Meanwhile, butter a 4-to-6-cup baking dish and fill it with cubed bread.
  2. Add eggs to cooled milk mixture and whisk; pour mixture over bread. Let sit for 1 hour.
  3. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until custard is set but still a little wobbly and edges of bread have browned. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Notes: Try adding fresh or dried fruit or a combination of spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cardamom.

Filed Under: News, Seasonal Recipes Tagged With: baking, bread, bread pudding, eat local, eggs, farmers' market, loaf, local bread, locally made, milk, recipe, Saratoga Farmers' Market, Saratoga Springs, shop local, shop small business

Warm Spinach Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette

March 21, 2022 By marketeditor

Recipe by Pork & Greens

Makes 4 servings

This one-dish salad is easily customizable with seasonal ingredients and your favorite flavor of pork bacon. This salad also works well using any fresh salad greens and crumbled sausage.

Ingredients

  • ½ lb bacon*, chopped 
  • 12 oz. spinach*, torn into bite-sized pieces 
  • 2 Tbs apple cider vinegar* (or lemon juice) 
  • Optional: 2-3 oil-packed anchovy fillets and 1 Tbs capers 
  • 1/2 oz. radish microgreens* 
  • Salt and pepper to taste 
  • a few tablespoons of fresh herbs* 

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet, cook the bacon over medium heat until crisp and browned. Remove from the pan and chop into pieces. Do not drain off the fat, as this becomes the dressing! 
  2. Turn off heat. Stir in the anchovies and capers. Whisk in the vinegar. Add spinach. Stir until greens are wilted, do not over-cook. 
  3. Season with salt, pepper, radish microgreens, and herbs. Serve on a platter or right out of the skillet.

 

*Ingredients currently available at the farmers’ market

Filed Under: News, Seasonal Recipes Tagged With: bacon, eat local, farmers' market, herbs, lemon, local farm, local farmers, meal, microgreens, papper, pork, Pork & Greens, radish microgreens, recipe, salad, salt, Saratoga Farmers' Market, shop local, Spinach, vinegar

Raspberry Crumble Bars

February 7, 2022 By marketeditor

Adapted from the recipe by Steve Cylka

Prep time: 10 min

Cook time: 30 min

Servings: 24 squares

Raspberry crumble bars are the perfect sweet snack for the Super Bowl or a special treat to enjoy on Valentine’s Day. They are also very easy to make using jam from the farmers’ market.

Ingredients

*Ingredients currently available at the farmers’ market

  • 2 cups flour (or substitute with gluten-free flour)
  • 2 cups oats
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup melted butter
  • 2 jars (16 oz) raspberry jam* (or jam* of your choice)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, mix the flour, oats, brown sugar, and baking powder. Stir in the melted butter until it forms a wet crumbly consistency.
  3. Take about two-thirds of the crumble mixture and press it into a 9×13 inch pan. 
  4. Spread the jam evenly over the crumble base.
  5. Sprinkle the remaining crumble mixture evenly over the top. 
  6. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Allow to cool completely before cutting into squares.

Filed Under: News, Seasonal Recipes Tagged With: baked goods, baking, brown sugar, butter, eat local, farmers' market, flour, pastry, raspberry, raspberry crumble bars, raspberry jam, recipe, Saratoga Farmers' Market, shop local, shop small, Valentine's Day, Valentines Day Recipes

Making the most of Super Bowl-Valentine’s Day

February 7, 2022 By marketeditor

By Julia Howard

Whether you’re shopping for Super Bowl snacks or scrambling to find a thoughtful gift for Valentine’s Day, or maybe both, Saratoga Farmers’ Market vendors are prepared to meet all your needs at tomorrow’s market. 

Southy Sweets’ assorted Valentine’s Day special, photo by Toni Nastasi.

First, let’s talk about sweets. Our favorite chocolatiers at Saratoga Chocolate Company ask, “What’s Valentine’s Day without chocolate?”. Shop for their Valentine’s Trio, a variety of dark and milk chocolate infused with organic cacao nibs, passion fruit, and sugared violets. Southy Sweets has decadent chocolate and vanilla cake, chocolate-covered strawberries, and chocolate-covered pretzels. Our friends at Boozy Moo! encourage you to show your love with their Red Velvet Valentine ice cream cake made with Bailey’s Red Velvet liqueur, vodka, red velvet cookie crumble, and whipped cream frosting.

Now for snacks. Argyle Cheese Farmer, Nettle Meadow, and R&G Cheesemakers have a variety of cheeses for your Super Bowl spread or to share with your love on Valentine’s Day. But buyer beware, these local cheeses are so good that we won’t blame you if you decide to keep them for yourself. Muddy Trail Jerky Co. has dip mixes, sweet potato chips, and a variety of jerky suitable for snacking and gifting. And, Pork and Greens has a special that includes 1lb of tenderloin, bacon-pork rillettes, and a bag of pea shoots for $32.50. The kit also features cooking tips, recipes, pairing suggestions, and P&G stickers. Pre-order by emailing thisisporkandgreens@gmail.com.

Ballston Lake Apiaries, photo by Toni Nastasi

For Valentine’s Day gifting, Kim Dolan of  Kim Dolan Designed Jewelry says, “Why break tradition when it’s something as timeless as handcrafted jewelry?”. Shop her selection of silver and gemstone jewelry. Ballston Lake Apiaries has various hand-poured beeswax candles.

Something’s Brewing, photo by Toni Nastasi

Last but certainly not least, Something’s Brewing understands the ultimate gift is a great cup of coffee. Try their chocolate fudge-flavored coffee for Valentine’s Day. And, don’t forget to stock up on beer from Mean Max Brew Works – perfect for the Super Bowl and your favorite beer enthusiast.

There are no rules for snacking or gifting, so if you feel like indulging in chocolate-covered strawberries during the half-time show or giving yourself a beautiful piece of jewelry, follow your happiness and shop local.

This weeks’ recipe: Raspberry Crumble Bars

 

 

Filed Under: Featured Article, homepage feature, News Tagged With: Argyle Cheese Farmer, Ballston Lake Apiaries, Boozy Moo!, chocolate, eat local, farmers' market, Kim Dolan Designed Jewelry, Mean Max Brew Works, muddy trail jerky co, Nettle Meadow, Pork & Greens, R&G Cheesemakers, Saratoga Chocolate Co, Saratoga Farmers' Market, shop local, shop small, small businesses, Something's Brewing, Southy Sweets, Super Bowl, sweethearts, sweets, Valentine's Day, Valentines Day Recipes

Know Your Farmer – and Get to Know a Few New Ones, too

January 24, 2022 By marketeditor

By Himanee Gupta-Carlson

We get it. It’s January. It’s cold. It’s COVID, year three. 

And while you might love the Saratoga Farmers’ Market, you feel it has changed.

You’re right. We’ve changed. Some longtime, well-established vendors are gone. Their owners retired or chose amid the COVID-19 pandemic to shift their operations toward online, home delivery, or mail-order sales.

But we are still the same market in many ways. We still offer some of the best locally grown, raised, or made foods and craft items. We’ve continued to do so by shifting our definition of local away from the six counties that traditionally defined our vendor base toward a more inclusive idea. That shift has helped bring in vendors from other counties, from anywhere within 50 miles of Saratoga.Our new vendors give our market a new face. But they value good products that are local. Stop by and say hello. In time, they’ll be quite familiar to you. 

Here’s the lowdown on a few:

  • Pork & Greens. This farm hails from the Hudson Valley and is woman-owned. Isabel Buenaga started the farm in July 2020, with a mission to create healthy soil, reduce food waste, and produce high-quality pork and nutrient-rich greens. Her pigs “graze and laze” on 15 acres of woodlands and receive a carefully monitored diet of repurposed foods. Foods that would otherwise be trashed or composted become nutrition for the pigs and yield nicely flavored pork chops, sausages, ham steaks, and other pork items. As for the greens, they are chosen for their ability to withstand our region’s bitterly cold winters and sweltering summers. Check out Buenaga’s kale, pea shoots, and lettuces.
    Pork and Greens, photo by Pattie Garrett.
  • The Mushroom Shop. This farm, based in Salem, is run by Jacob Howard and Elise Olsen. They joined the Wednesday market last spring and are continuing through the winter to offer gourmet specialty mushrooms for culinary and medicinal uses. Check out their oyster, beech, and cinnamon cap offerings.
    The Mushroom Shop, photo by Pattie Garrett
  • Boozy Moo. Yes, ice cream in winter. Boozy Moo, based in Albany, is the brainchild of Leila Kiosse. Kiosse had opened a craft cocktails bar and games house in early 2020. Like so many retail outlets, hers was shuttered amid the pandemic. Kiosse began experimenting with craft ice creams, infusing them with alcohol, and realized she had a great new approach to a popular dessert on her hands. Ask for a sample and let Kiosse’s cool treats warm your soul.
    Boozy Moo!, photo by Pattie Garrett

 

This week’s featured recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions

Filed Under: Featured Article, homepage feature, News Tagged With: alcohol infused ice cream, beech mushroom, Boozy Moo!, buy local, cinnamon cap, cocktails, dessert, farm, farmers' market, greens, ham steaks, Hudson Valley, ice cream, kale, lettuce, Local, mushroom, new faces, new vendors, oyster mushroom, pea shoots, pork, Pork & Greens, pork chops, Saratoga Farmers' Market, sausages, The Mushroom Shop, winter, woman-owned

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