You've heard me go on and on about how much I love our CSA from Tangerini's Farm. This is our third year participating. The first year I was pregnant and got bigger and bigger by the week until it got to the point in late October when I couldn't comfortably bend over to pick vegetables in the fields. Last year Colin was 5-9 months old. I'd carry him in the ergo or wheel his stroller out to the ends of the rows in the fields and wave every so often. This year he runs all over the place, pointing out all the fans, of course, and visiting the animals. When we pull in the driveway he starts saying, baby goat, baby goat, baby goat, mehhhh, mehhhh. He has mustered the courage to pat them now, as long as they don't look at him.
This CSA summer season started up a few weeks ago, and among our first batch of vegetables were kale and garlic scapes. Jon made kale chips from half the bunch. I said I wasn't hungry, didn't want any, and proceeded to eat the better part of the tray. Kale chips are good. Garlic scapes are pretty and curly queued. Slightly milder than fresh garlic, but still packing quite a kick, you can use them raw in hummus or other dips, or saute them as you would any other garlic or onion. I will fully admit that due to the sad state of my basil plants that I used prepared pesto here, but of course it's better if you make it yourself. I doubled the amounts of the cream cheese mixture (8 oz cream cheese, 1/3 cup pesto, 4 garlic scapes) and used the rest spread on french bread. It's super garlicky, so make sure your date eats it, too.
Kale and Creamy Garlic Scape Pesto Crustless Quiche
~6 large stalks of kale, stems removed and torn into pieces
Olive oil
4 oz. cream cheese or neufchatel, softened
1/4 cup pesto
2 garlic scapes, roughly chopped
6 large eggs
1 cup milk, half and half or cream
Salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Prepare a 10 inch quiche dish, or a pie plate by coating with olive oil or cooking spray.
In the food processor, combine cream cheese, pesto and garlic scapes. Process until smooth.
In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat.
Add in kale and cook, turning frequently, until slightly wilted.
In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt and pepper.
Arrange kale evenly over the bottom of the baking dish.
Pour egg mixture over kale.
Drop dollops of cream cheese pesto over the top.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until quiche is puffed and golden.
This CSA summer season started up a few weeks ago, and among our first batch of vegetables were kale and garlic scapes. Jon made kale chips from half the bunch. I said I wasn't hungry, didn't want any, and proceeded to eat the better part of the tray. Kale chips are good. Garlic scapes are pretty and curly queued. Slightly milder than fresh garlic, but still packing quite a kick, you can use them raw in hummus or other dips, or saute them as you would any other garlic or onion. I will fully admit that due to the sad state of my basil plants that I used prepared pesto here, but of course it's better if you make it yourself. I doubled the amounts of the cream cheese mixture (8 oz cream cheese, 1/3 cup pesto, 4 garlic scapes) and used the rest spread on french bread. It's super garlicky, so make sure your date eats it, too.
Kale and Creamy Garlic Scape Pesto Crustless Quiche
~6 large stalks of kale, stems removed and torn into pieces
Olive oil
4 oz. cream cheese or neufchatel, softened
1/4 cup pesto
2 garlic scapes, roughly chopped
6 large eggs
1 cup milk, half and half or cream
Salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Prepare a 10 inch quiche dish, or a pie plate by coating with olive oil or cooking spray.
In the food processor, combine cream cheese, pesto and garlic scapes. Process until smooth.
In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat.
Add in kale and cook, turning frequently, until slightly wilted.
In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt and pepper.
Arrange kale evenly over the bottom of the baking dish.
Pour egg mixture over kale.
Drop dollops of cream cheese pesto over the top.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until quiche is puffed and golden.
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