As I was planning on baking a chocolate-beetroot cake this weekend (!), I was hoping immensily for red beets among Wednesday’s CSA vegetable loot. And YAY — a wish come true!
Other nice veggies too, like fennel which I needed for a fennel-bean dish I meant to make that evening for my visiting brother: a surprisingly good recipe from the new Puur Plantaardig (‘Purely Plant-based‘) cookbook that I mentioned in my Cookbook Sunday Salon.
Here’s the complete list of this week’s greens.
- Dill
- Fennel
- Silver-stalked Swiss chard
- Bundel of young beetroot
- Lollo Rosso lettuce
- Goudreinette apples
I’ll leave you with a preview of my unfinished beetroot pie: only the chocolate couverture topping left to do. That’ll have to wait till morning — so you must have patience as well. I hope you can handle the suspense..? I know I’m finding it difficult! ;P
This food-related post is also submitted to Beth Fish’s Weekend Cooking!
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vrijdag 21 oktober 2011 bij 22:42
Chinoiseries
I love your CSA bag! The produce looks so fresh :) Can’t wait for that chocolate-beetroot pie to be topped…
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011 bij 14:15
Gnoe
Almost done… :P
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011 bij 11:08
Uniflame
That bean dish looks really good. I have to try that one for myself :)
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011 bij 14:36
Beth F
What a lovely basket of produce. I got fennel this week too, and lettuce. Our beets are over for the year. I can’t wait to see your finished cake!
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011 bij 15:35
TheBookGirl
I have never heard of that variety of apple before—is it sour or sweet?
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011 bij 15:44
Gnoe
It’s sour and THE BEST variety for Dutch apple pie or apple sauce! :D
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011 bij 15:46
JoAnn
All that produce looks so inviting! I love beans, but rarely use fennel… should give it a try.
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011 bij 17:43
Little Nell
That display looks life a still life painting! I can’t be the only one who has never used beets in cake- where can I find the recipe?
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011 bij 19:51
Nan
Such a treat to have these baskets of wonderful food, and often full of surprises!
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011 bij 22:16
Sharon Chance
Your cake looks incredible! I love beets, so I can only imagine how good it is! :)
maandag 24 oktober 2011 bij 03:40
Carol @ There's Always Thyme to Cook
The cake looks so good! Even without topping yet! And what a nice variety of vegetables from the CSA!
zondag 30 oktober 2011 bij 01:03
bentobirdjenn
Looks decadent and so lovely, Gnoe!
vrijdag 4 november 2011 bij 23:16
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vrijdag 2 december 2011 bij 17:52
Selvinas
That cake looks really interesting!
Would you mind giving me the recipe so I can try it myself?
I’m always into trying strange flavour combinations.