Turn Up the Heat
The salsas and jellies of Pennacook Peppers have that certain je ne sais pas that set them apart from similar products. Maybe it’s the local touch. Maybe it’s the complex pepper powder they create that gives a depth of flavor to all their products. Winter is the perfect time to choose your level of heat and kick up your flavor satisfaction. They are generous with recipe ideas, too.
How about peppers with cheese from The Creative Wedge? Sloan and Barbara have their own blended spreads, including these three this week: Smoked Gouda, Pimento, and Beach Bum Bacon Beer Cheese. Look for regional sheep cheeses from Shepherd’s Manor Creamery in Maryland and cow’s milk cheeses from Virginia’s Mountain View Creamery near Lexington.
Mattawoman Creek is producing vegetables all winter, with a year-round plan using high tunnels and farming savvy. From the tunnels, discover delicate lettuces, arugula, and tatsoi. From the field, find spinach, Savoy and Napa cabbages, beets, turnips, collards (even sweeter after a frost), and kale. Kohlrabi plus full size and baby sweet potatoes, too. Have you tried the baby sweets? They roast to perfection in 20 minutes and even taste good cold.
Warm up with us. Your taste buds will thank you.
RECIPE
ABSOLUTAMENTE FABULOSO MEXICAN PIZZA
We love salsa, and the offerings from Pennacook Peppers are always delicious as a dip for chips, topping for tacos, and many, many things in between.
For your Super Bowl party, try my Absolutamente Fabuloso Mexican Pizza: toast two tortillas under the broiler of your stove. On one, spread refried beans and browned, ground beef and place the other on top, then spread on salsa, add chopped bell pepper, diced tomatoes and diced white onion, sliced pickled jalapenos and sliced black olives, and shredded Monterrey Jack cheese. Place back under the broiler for just a few moments until cheese melts. Slice into quarters and serve.
Yields 1 serving
From Chef Patrick Evans-Hylton
VENDORS
Brentwood Farms
Build Your Own Food
The Creative Wedge
Croc’s 19th Street Bistro
Fresh Batch Jams
Full Quiver Farm
Give.Treat.Love.
Hashi Food Truck
It Started With a Fig
Mattawoman Creek Farms
My Vegan Sweet Tooth
Pelon’s
Pennacook Peppers
Vy’s Pies
Wholey Rollers
PATRICK EVANS-HYLTON
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