So this week we are challenged to make a one pot dinner using local ingredients. I decided to make a frittata, since I have too many eggs at the moment.
The ingredients are ready to go.
The first step was to get the onion, collard and beet greens, all from my Zahradka farms CSA delivery, wilted down in the Trickling Springs butter, in the heated cast iron skillet.
I mixed six eggs from the CSA together with salt and pepper, to add to the pan after I added half the container of Bacon Jam from Virginia Lamb and Meats to give it a lovely bacony flavor. I bought the jam at the Dupont Circle farmer’s market in December and really needed to use it. I also grated some Baby Swiss from South Mountain Creamery over the top before adding the eggs and tomato.
Poured the eggs around it all, and arranged on top of it all a locally grown Hummingbird Farms hydroponic heirloom tomato I picked up at Roots Market during a recent visit down to Columbia.
After it cooked for a while on the stove top, I placed it under the broiler to finish the top and brown it off.
The finished product being plated. The only non-local items in the meal were salt, pepper, and parsley. The parsley was organic, and came from Roots. Not local though. Dinner also included a 2010 Sauvignon Blanc from Glen Manor Vineyard, from our visit earlier this month.
A very satisfying and tasty Sunday night dinner, with the earthiness of the greens, the brightness of the tomato, and the unmistakable melting bacon jam adding the right touch to the dish. Another successful venture into cooking with foods from 100 miles or less from our doorstep.
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Looks fantastic! I’m still pondering my one-pot meal…too bad I’ve already made chili!
Bacon jam sounds too good to be true! I’ve got to find some! Your frittata is gorgous–a perfect, easy meal
I almost made chili, with venison from my neighbor. But I had two dozen eggs in the fridge.
The bacon jam was interesting. I found it at DuPont Circle. It is made with bacon, onion, vinegar, brown sugar, maple syrup, coffee, garlic and spice. I need to find a recipe to make my own.
Looks like you did a great job with the challenge. Bacon jam… another thing I won’t tell my dh about.
Beautiful. My one pot meal last night didn’t work (couldn’t fit it all in the pot, so it became a 2 pot meal). Back to the drawing board. Never heard of bacon jam before. That sounds like something we’d like in this house.
That looks wonderful. That is a great one pot meal. It could be served breakfast- lunch – or dinner too. neat.
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