Today was a phenominal harvest, so beautiful, so bountiful, a gift!!! One plump fig, one huge zuccini, lovely tomatoes of different varieties, one mystery melon, a juicy orange, basil – basil – and – more – basil, and….my first pomegranite!!!! See below for a photo of today’s harvest – doesn’t this photo look like a still life?
-So, what recipes did I undertake with this diverse crop? Well, here goes, and the order of preparation is important, because the remaining juice of one dish becomes the seasoning for another:
1. Figgy Pear Perfection: I took 3 very ripe pears from the fridge, and diced them, leaving the skin on. I tossed these pears with a bit of brown sugar (doesn’t brown sugar make everything yummie?), and a healthy dose of cinammon. Then I diced in the figs, tossed and let it sit for a bit, then added the super juicy orange torn into tiny bits, without skin of course, and let it marinate. Take the chunks of luscious fruit out of the bowl that it is marinating in, and transfer to fun serving ware – I like to use martini glasses or other fun stemware. KEEP THE BOWL with the remaining fruit sauce on it – we will use the bowl with sauce to flavor the sweet potato dish below. Here is the photo of the Figgy Pear Perfection as it marinates:
2. Sweet Potato Puff: Take one sweet potato, poke holes in it with a fork, and nuke it in the microwave for about 6 minutes on one side, and then 3 minutes on the other, til tender. Scoop out the inside from the skin, and transfer the inside to thge bowl filled with the remaining sweet sauce from the Figgy Pear Perfection. Adda little butter and heat, and WOW – this is amazingly good! Here is the photo of the Sweet Potato Puff:
3. Zuccini Tomato Basil Toss: I nuked the huge zuccini from the garden, with holes poked into it, for a few minutes on each side, then chopped it up into huge fat chunks, about one inch each. I tossed the zuccini chunks with several heirloom and other tomatoes from the garden, plus loads of fresh basil from the garden, torn by hand. Added a healthy squeeze of lemon juice, saly, and fresh ground pepper, and then the secret ingredient – CURRY powder, to taste, and microwaved it all together – SCRUMPTIOUS!!! Beautiful to look at too – Makes it easy to be a vegetarian!
