This recipe comes from Scott Serpas, opening chef for Two Urban Licks and now proprietor of his own establishment, Serpas True Food, in Old Fourth Ward. I think it’s a great transitional dish. Substitute a second apple, maybe a different variety, for the avocado, if you wish.
It’s hard to believe we’re in the first week of November and still getting summer vegetables in our box. Peppers and eggplants for Thanksgiving anyone? I made a lovely beef stew over the weekend with my accumulated hoard of eggplants and peppers. Just had some for lunch today. Delicious. The long, slow cooking renders the vegetables into pockets of succulence floating around in a rich broth. Even my husband, the “I don’t eat eggplant” guy, will eat this without complaint.
I hereby offer my last suggestions for 2010 for these two end-of-the-season crops. And an intriguing recipe for collard greens. Collards and peanuts just seem to have a natural affinity.