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Recipes for Market This Week


Greetings!
Here are some more recipes to take to market with you this week. Try them at home, too! Let me know if you have a good recipe that you want to share with folks. I will be working on a recipe section for my website so that everyone can access them there, too. It would be fun to have recipes from growers on there! I am sending out a couple more of these newsletters over the next two or three weeks just to give you all fresh recipes to give to your customers (if you need them).
 
Spicy Mango Sauce
1 Mango, ripe, cut into small chunks
2-3oz. Fresh Baby Ginger, finely minced
1 stalk Lemongrass, cut into 3-4" long pieces
1/4 cup orange juice
1 chili pepper, thinly sliced, seeds included if extra spiciness desired (use more peppers, too, if really spicy desired)
pinch of salt
pinch of garlic powder
1 tsp, honey if more sweetness desired
 
Place all in sauce pan. Simmer until thick. Pull out lemongrass stalks. Serve hot.
 
Serve with: Tuna steaks, pork, grilled chicken, any strong fish, over grains or rice.
Kale with Fresh Ginger
1 bunch kale, cut into bite-size pieces
2 Tbsp fresh ginger, sliced thinly (leave whole when slicing so they are round and beautiful in the dish when finished)
1 tsp soy sauce
olive oil for cooking

Saute kale in olive oil until just bright green (the pan will be relatively hot). Add ginger and cook one more minute, stirring kale and ginger together. Add soy sauce to deglaze the pan and stir vigorously to coat the kale and ginger with soy sauce, about 30 seconds. Serve hot. We serve this over fish, grilled chicken, brown rice, or as a vegetable on the side.
Gingerbread Cake my Children Beg Me to Make
3/4 cup Guinness stout (the rest is for the cook)
1/2 tsp baking soda
2/3 cup mild molasses
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp ground ginger (dry and grind your own)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp finely ground black pepper (optional but makes a great kick in flavor and accents the ginger
very well)
2 lg eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 Tbsp finely grated fresh ginger (I always use a heaping tablespoon!)
 
Preheat oven to 350F, middle rack, grease/flour 8in square pan. In medium saucepan boil stout over medium heat, stir occasionally. Remove from heat, stir in baking soda (mixture will foam). When foaming stops, stir in molasses, brown sugar, granulated sugar, until dissolved - set aside. Whisk flour, ground ginger, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and pepper together in large bowl - set aside. Transfer stout mixture to a large bowl. Whisk in eggs, oil, and grated ginger until combined. Whisk wet mixture into flour mixture in thirds, stirring vigorously until completely smooth after each addition. Transfer batter to prepared pan and gently tap pan against counter to remove any trapped air bubbles. Bake until top of cake is just firm to the touch and a toothpick comes out clean, 35-45 minutes. Cool cake on wire rack about 1 hour. Cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.
 
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions in regards to the newsletter, cultural information, etc. I will be working on the website after harvest season winds down. Take care and keep the updates coming! It is really great to see all the pictures and stories about everyone's ginger.
 
Susan Anderson

East Branch Ginger

207-313-4358
Fresh Baby Ginger!