Carrot Tops and Radish Greens
Today at the Dane County Farmer's Market while picking out my CSA veggies from JenEhr Farm, I selected some beautiful radishes and crazy twisted carrots. Both came with beautiful greens that begged to be made into something. Radish greens--easy add to salads. Carrot tops not as easy. I have to get creative with them because I don't care for the taste of them raw so I don't normally add them to salads. They make great broth but it's way too hot for broth today. I'm thinking pesto could be good, but don't know what I might use pesto on in the next couple days so I decide to go with Chimichurri. I also made some carrot top tea by steeping some of the greens in hot water and then I put the tea in the fridge for some healthy iced tea later. I did add some citron green tea from Rishi Tea to perk up the flavor a bit. Here's the recipe for the Chimichurri:
Carrot Green Chimichurri
½ cup firmly packed carrot greens, trimmed of thick stems
(reserve stems for use in broth)
½ cup firmly packed flat leaf parsley, trimmed of thick
stems (reserve stems for use in broth)
4 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp fresh oregano (or 2 tsp dried oregano)
½ cup olive oil
2 Tbsp white wine vinegar (can substitute red)
1 tsp kosher salt
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
½ tsp red pepper flakes
Finely chop garlic by hand or in a food processor. Add greens and oregano and chop finely in
processor, or chop finely by hand and add to garlic in a bowl.
Stir in remaining ingredients adjust seasoning to taste.
Serve immediately as a sauce with grilled meats or veggies
or with bread. Can be refrigerated for
up to 3 days. If chilled, bring to room
temperature before serving.
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