CSA Newsletter 09.30.11

Hello Happy Eaters! I’m absolutely ecstatic to see winter squash and rutabagas making an appearance on the dinner table and hope you are too. Winter squash especially compliments so many other flavors and can be incorporated into casseroles, pasta dishes, soups, stews, and sweet treats; love it! The Gilfeather Turnip is an exciting heirloom from Vermont that just gets tastier with the cold weather. I love this Gilfeather recipe, it’s so good!

In your box this week:

FULL SHARES:
French Breakfast Radishes
Sunshine Kabocha Winter Squash
White Satin Carrots
Fall Carrots
Gilfeather Turnips
Red Mustard
Broccoli
Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin
Delicata Winter Squash
Leeks

HALF SHARES:
French Breakfast Radishes
Sunshine Kabocha Winter Squash
Fall Carrots
Gilfeather Turnip
Leeks
Broccoli
Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin

CIDER SCALLOPED GILFEATHER TURNIPS
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup apple cider or juice
½ teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
½ cup Jarlsberg cheese, shredded
1 cup milk
½ cup chicken broth
¼ teaspoon black pepper, ground
½ cup Vermont cheddar cheese, shredded
2 lbs. Gilfeather turnips, peeled and thinly sliced

Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Put oven rack in center position. Grease 10 x 2 round baking dish or an 8 x 10 rectangular baking dish; set aside. Place flour in a medium heavy saucepan; gradually add milk, whisking until smooth. Whisk in cider, broth, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Bring mixture to a boil over high heat, whisking constantly. Cook one minute more, remove from heat and set aside. Combine cheeses. Arrange half of the sliced turnips (slightly overlapping) in prepared baking dish. Sprinkle half of cheeses on half of the turnips. Arrange another layer of turnips on top of cheese. Pour cider mixture over turnips. Bake 25 minutes. Remove baking dish from oven. Using a metal spatula, press down on the turnips. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and return to oven. Bake until turnips are fork-tender and the top is crusted and lightly browned – about 20 minutes more. Let stand 20 minutes before serving.

~Matt and Heather and the Sparrow Arc Crew