The recipes come from our blog Rappahannock Cook & Kitchen Gardener. There we also chronicle happenings in the kitchen garden - tracking its progresses (or set-backs) throughout the seasons, growing & cooking tips, seasonal recipes, occasional visits to other kitchen gardens, food discoveries in the Virginia Northern Piedmont area & locavore musings… and other topics related to “real” food. The recipes use local ingredients, but not exclusively and I freely use local food that has been home-preserved, such as frozen fruit, jam, canned tomatoes etc- food that’s home-grown but used outside of its original season.
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Updated: February 21, 2012
Appetizer/ First Course
© Green Salad with Baked Goat Cheese on Croutes
© Melon & Virginia Country Ham Salad with Combava (Kaffir Lime) Leaf Dressing
© Pork Rillettes
© Tomato Tatin
Soups
© Apple & Carrot Soup
© Fennel Scented Carrot Soup
© Leeks & Sunchoke Soup
© Mushroom & Spinach Soup
© Oxtail Soup
© Cream of Radish Leaf Soup
© Vietnamese-Inspired Rice and Chicken Soup
© Tomatillo Chicken Soup
© Tomatillo Corn Chowder
© Early Fall Tomato Soup
© Sorrel Vichyssoise
Vegetable (Side or Main)
© Roasted Cauliflower with Ginger & Garlic Dressing
© Fall Salads
© End of Winter Green Salad with Duck Breast & Potatoes in Duck Fat
© Reunion Island Onion & Lemon Salad
© Morels in Cream
© Homemade Sauerkraut
© Vegetarian Winter Stir Fry with Buckwheat Noodles
© Fall Rainbow Stir Fry (with Chicken)
© Really Good Spaghetti (Tomato) Sauce
© Savory Oven Tomato Preserve
© Rougail Zucchini (Fresh Spicy Zucchini Relish/Salsa)
Grain/Starch
© Summer Sandwich Buns
Meat, Poultry & Seafood
Poultry
© Roast Chicken (and meals for one week)
© True Coq au Vin
Pork
© Smoking Bacon
© Pork Rillettes
© Pork Roast: Spit Roasting a Whole Pig
© Chayote Shoots with Ginger Pork
© Pork Chops with Chunky Pepper Tomatillo Sauce
Beef
© Red Cooked Beef With Sweet Potatoes
© Oxtail Soup
© Beef Tongue
Lamb
© Spit-Roasting a Whole Lamb also see the March 2011 Newsletter (approx. 300 KB):
Seafood
© Fried Oysters
Other
© Roasted Rabbit
Beverages: Juices, Syrups, Smoothies & Cordials (Liquors)
© Autumn Olive Juice
© Sour Cherry Liqueur
© Elder Blossom Lemonade
© Elder Blossom Syrup
© Ruby Lemonade
© Lemon-Verbena Syrup
© Homemade Lemon Liqueur (Limoncello)
© Peach Liqueur
© Rhubarb Syrup
© Rhubarb Cordial
© Super Easy Smoothie (also snack or breakfast)
© Lemon-Verbena Strawberry Liqueur
© Cranberry Shrub
Sauces, Condiments & Pickles
© Jerusalem Artichoke Pickles
© Sweet & Sour Pickled Lime
© Spicy Pickled Lime Réunion Island Style
© Peach Chutney
© Peach Salsa
© Gusto’s Hot Pepper Sauce
© Sylvie’s Hot Red Pepper Sauce
© Quick Pickled Radish Salsa
© Fresh Simmered Tomato Sauce
© Tomato Paste
© Tomato Paste (another version)
Desserts & Sweets
© Pawpaw Parfait
© Lemon-Verbena Poached Peaches
© Rhubarb Compote
© Greek-Style Yogurt with Vanilla Bean & ‘Tristar’ Strawberry Compote
© Homemade Yogurt
© Vanilla Crepes with Almond Creme and with Maple Caramelized Apples
Baking
© Sour Cherry Cake
© Chocolate & Almond Cake (Reine de Saba)
© Cookies: Butter Cookies from Brittany
© Cookies: Cornmeal Cranberry Lemon Thyme Cookies
© Rustic Summer Fruit Tart
© Tiny Jam & Fruit Tartelettes
© Nectarine & Almond Cake
© Very Easy Rustic Peach Tart
© Upside Down Pineapple Cake (for a crowd as well as individual sized cake)
© Maple Vanilla Baked Custard
© Upside Down Plum Spiced Cake
© Rusty’s Italian Plum Cake
© Reine de Saba Cake
© Fresh Strawberry & Ginger Rhubarb Tart
Sorbets & Ice-Cream
© Minty Green Apple Sorbet
© Peachy-Wild Berries Jubilee
© Minty Wild Blackberry Sorbet
© Blueberry Ice-cream
© Blueberry Sherbet
© Ginger Ice-Cream With Sautéed Asian Pears
© White Peach Sorbet
© Tequila Yellow Plum Sorbet
© Quince Ice-Cream
© Honey Rhubarb Frozen Yogurt
© Sour Cherry Ice-Cream (without an ice-cream maker)
© Strawberry Sorbet
© Lavender Wineberry Sorbet
Jam, Jelly & Other Confections
© Autumn Olive Jam
© Red Currant Jelly
© Ground Cherry Jam
© Meyer Lemon Curd
© Meyer Lemon Marmalade
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© Pumpkin Ginger Preserve
Miscellaneous
© Quick Chicken Broth
© Kaffir Lime Dressing
© Homemade Farm Cheese
© Two-herb Mongolian Green Sauce
© Four-Herb Mongolian Green Sauce
