Seasonal local food recipe No.349 – Jerusalem artichokes a la provencale

This quick and easy recipe was given to me by Joan, an ex-colleague who was very fond of Jerusalem artichokes.  We’ve got plenty in our veg boxes this week thanks to the Hoare family at Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick in north Cornwall. I have no idea where she got the idea from, possibly Elizabeth David.

Serves 2-3

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20-30 minutes

Ingredients
500 g Jerusalem artichokes
olive oil
2-3 tomatoes, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
parsley
chives

Method
Boil the artichokes in salted water, straining them before they are quite cooked.  Cut them in halves and sauté them gently in a little olive oil with the tomatoes, garlic, and chives and parsley.

Tenderstem in Camel CSA’s vegetable boxes

We have tenderstem in our boxes this week, cultivated by our external grower Richard Hoare at Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick. Tenderstem is exactly that – a cross between calabrese and Chinese kale that doesn’t need trimming and can be cooked and eaten in its entirety. So no waste!

In all the boxes this week:-
*carrots
*Swiss chard
*green onions
*Cornish new potatoes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
tenderstem (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
spring greens (Restharrow)
strawberries (Mitchell Fruit Garden)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra new potatoes
*French beans OR cucumbers
*mixed lettuce bag – oak leaf,  ‘Freckles’
*courgettes (Mark Norman)

* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all vegetables and fruit. All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated

Try these yummy dishes on Camel CSA’s recipes page: –
Misticanza (sauteed mixed greens)
Spring greens with lemon dressing

Crisp and crunchy pak choi in our weekly veg boxes

In all our boxes this week: –
*pak choi
*carrots
*kale ‘red Russian’
*onions
*parsley
beetroot (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra potatoes
red cabbage (Restharrow)
parsnips (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles
Please wash all vegetables and fruit.
All produce grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated.

Try these winter warmers on Camel CSA’s recipe pages: –
Homity bake
Stilton, onion and potato pie

Celeriac and spring onions in our vegetable boxes

Purple-sprouting broccoli in Camel CSA’s veg boxes

Lovely leeks and carrots in our veg boxes

This week all boxes have:-
*kale
*beetroot
*mixed salad leaves
*chillies
carrots (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
leeks (Restharrow)
potatoes (Burlerrow Farm, St Mabyn)

Standard boxes also have:
Extra potatoes
*cabbage or purple sprouting broccoli
*coriander
cauliflower (Restharrow)

All veg grown by Camel CSA unless otherwise indicated
* = grown organic principles
Please ensure you wash all salad vegetables carefully.

This week’s recommended recipes from our online archive:-
Stir-fried curly kale with chilli and garlic
Hugh’s pasta with greens, garlic and chilli

Purple or white sprouting broccoli in our veg boxes

It’s a bit of a lottery this week. Our veg box members are getting one of two types of sprouting broccoli – either purple (Camel CSA) or white (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick). There’s a very subtle distinction!

All boxes have: –
* sprouting broccoli (Camel CSA/Restharrow)
* spinach or chard leaves (Camel CSA)
* cabbage (Camel CSA)
swede (Restharrow)
onions (Restharrow)
cauliflower (Restharrow)
potatoes ‘Wilja’ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have: –
extra 500g potatoes
* flat-leaved parsley (Camel CSA)
* radish bunch (Camel CSA)
* mixed salad bag** (Camel CSA)

* = grown to organic principles
** baby leaf beet, lettuce, rocket,  red mustard and golden mustard greens

Lovely leeks in this week’s Cornish veg boxes

Vegetable farmer Richard Hoare at Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick is Camel CSA’s main external supplier at this time of year while we get ready for the new growing season. He cultivates an amazing variety of winter and spring vegetables that thrive in the mild climate alongside the Camel estuary in north Cornwall.

This week all boxes have: –
* carrots (Camel CSA)
leeks (Restharrow )
swede (Restharrow)
potatoes (Restharrow)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow)
* parsnips (Mark Norman, Bodmin)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
beetroot (Restharrow)
curly kale (Restharrow)
white cabbage (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles

Red cabbage and red Russian kale in Camel CSA’s weekly veg boxes

A great selection of winter staples this week. Standard boxes have the added luxury of some winter salad leaves from our polytunnels. It’s hard to believe there’s been enough light to encourage them to grow.

All boxes have: –
* Red Russian kale (Camel CSA)
red cabbage  (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
leeks (Restharrow)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow)
* Jerusalem artichokes (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
* onions (Mark Norman)
potatoes ‘Wilja‘ (Restharrow)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
* mixed salad bag (Camel CSA) **
* cauliflower (Camel CSA)
beetroot (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles
** mibuna, mizuna, baby leaf beet, pak choi, lettuce, rocket,  red mustard and golden mustard greens

Camel CSA’s own tomato chutney and Cornish honey in our Christmas vegetable boxes

Our bumper Xmas boxes contain a fabulous selection of seasonal vegetables to see us into the New Year.

There’s also a tasty jar of our homemade tomato and apple chutney in each double-size box + honey from Lewis Cox of St Mabyn and his grandson Chris Tamblyn in Helland. You can’t get more local than that!

A very merry Christmas and happy New Year to you all.

All boxes have: –
* tomato and apple chutney (Camel CSA)
* cavolo nero – Tuscan black kale (Camel CSA)
* squash – Crown Prince or Bon Bon
* small salad bag (Camel CSA) **
* parsley (Camel CSA)
* onions (Mark Norman, Bodmin)
Brussels sprouts stalk (Restharrow Farm, Trebetherick)
savoy cabbage (Restharrow)
carrots (Restharrow)
potatoes 1.5kg ‘Wilja‘ (Restharrow)
Cornish honey (Lewis Cox, St Mabyn / Chris Tamblyn, Helland)

Standard boxes also have:-
extra 500g potatoes
* beetroot (Camel CSA)
red cabbage (Restharrow)
leeks (Restharrow)
swede (Restharrow)

* = grown to organic principles
** mibuna, mizuna, baby leaf beet, pak choi, lettuce, rocket,  red mustard and golden mustard greens