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Welcome to La Cuesta Farm
News Recipes and Other Stuff
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 Welcome to our first installment of News, Recipes, and Other Stuff. The weather is getting hotter, the garden is producing and it's time for some simple nutritious appetizers and soups. These are two of my favorites for a cool summer treat. Get some La cuesta Farm goat cheese and yogurt and try them. |
Chilled Cucumber Soup
Ingredients:
3-4 cucumbers, peeled seeded and chopped (1 finely diced)
1 1/2 cups La Cuesta Farm yogurt
4-6 ounces La Cuesta Farm chevre (room temperature)
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill, or try cilantro as alternative (go easy if cilantro)
fresh lemon or lime juice to taste
thinly sliced cucumber,lemon or lime: dill sprigs for garnish
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Puree chopped cucumbers, yogurt, chevre and salt and pepper, until smooth and creamy, reserving finely diced cucumber. Chill until ready to serve.
Stir in finely diced cucumber, dill and lemon/lime juice. When served garnish with fresh sprig of dill and float a thin slice of cucumber,lemon or lime on top.
Makes about 4 1/2 cups
*You
can add goat cheese to any of your favorite chilled or hot soups.
Portobello Mushroom and Roasted Green Chili Appetizer
Ingredients:
1 large portabella
mushroom, stem removed
4-6 ounces of La Cuesta Farm chevre
1 4 ounce can New Mexico green chili (whole seedless)
extra virgin olive oil
salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
Directions:
Brush
mushroom lightly and coat very heavily with extra virgin olive oil.
Grill on hot grill, crosshatching grill marks. Add more olive oil
as needed. Cool grilled mushroom to room temperature and slice horizontally
with a sharp knife into 3-4 thin pancake shaped slices. Slather
generously one side of all but one mushroom slice with La Cuesta Farm
room temperature chevre. Slit whole green chilies open and lay on
top of each prepared mushroom slice. Season each with a pinch of
salt and pepper and stack one upon the other with the last slice with
nothing on it on the top. Press down gently, wrap in plastic wrap
and chill for several hours. When ready to serve cut into 4-6 wedges.
Makes 4-6 single servings
This Month at La Cuesta Farm: Mexican String Cheese $20/pound
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