Today we discuss ideas for the first 2024 CSA share with Chef Joe Gatto, star of the show From Scratch. We also get some great cooking tips for Chef Joe!
In this episode, we cover:
- Chef Joe’s lifelong passion for cooking.
- Learning about green garlic and how to make a delicious green garlic pesto with it.
- Some great tips for making homemade pizza!
- How to make a delicious avocado chimichurri with fresh local cilantro.
- The power of pickling for preserving fresh local produce.
- Some of the tips Chef Joe teaches in his cooking classes.
- The local food adventures you can follow by watching From Scratch.
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Today’s guest
Chef Joe Gatto is a TV and Radio Personality. His show From Scratch airs on Pluto TV and has a monthly show on WBUR Radio Boston. He has been a private chef for Celtic and Red Sox players. Season 2 of his show From Scratch is now streaming on Instagram. A new episode drops every Monday. On his show, he grinds flour for bread, makes masa for tamales, even makes his own mozzarella for pizzas, and more!
Check out and follow @ChefJoeGatto on Instagram to find all his content!
This week’s produce
Here are some of the items we got in the first CSA share pickup of the season, and ideas of what to do with them.
Green garlic
Chef Joe suggested making a pesto with green garlic, and that sounds like a great idea. He likes to make his green garlic pesto with pistachios instead of pine nuts.
You can basically use green garlic instead of regular garlic. The green stalks can be used as well as the bulb.
I just cut the outer layer of skin off the green garlic cloves and then use the rest like regular garlic.
Radishes
You can use the whole radish plant by making radish top pesto and roasting the radishes to add to the pasta. I used some of the green garlic I had on hand instead of regular garlic in the pesto.
I’ve also been using radishes by chopping them into small pieces and adding them to things like stir-fries and pasta sauces, in addition to adding them to salads.
Asparagus
There are so many things to make with asparagus! This quick asparagus goat cheese pasta is one tasty recipe to make with the seasonal vegetable.
I made roasted asparagus dip with this batch of fresh, local asparagus. I used one green garlic – both the cloves and stem – instead of the roasted garlic in this recipe. Worked very nicely!
Kale
I made a vegetarian sausage pasta, using the whole bunch of local kale in place of the handful of spinach the recipe calls for.
I also chopped up a radish into small pieces and used in the recipe.
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