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[geekchick]

This weeks CSA veggies:

Sweet corn
Leeks
Hot peppers
Cherry tomatoes (pint)
Cape gooseberries
Basil
Tomatoes (all you can eat)
Garden eggs (I ended up with another Chinese eggplant)

The eggplant needs to be eaten soon, and I keep getting basil fully intending to do *something* with it but failing miserably. With all the tomatoes though, I think probably the easiest thing to do is get a hunk of mozzarella and some really good olive oil to make a caprese salad. I could make pesto I suppose, but I don't actually like it all that much. I've been picking up yellow cherry tomatoes, which have an interesting taste that's less acidic than the red variety I usually get; those go straight from container to mouth, no recipe suggestions needed. Mmmm.

Any ideas on what to do with the gooseberries other than eat them out of hand? There aren't a whole lot, so I don't think jelly or anything like that is realistic.

Comments

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

Make gooseberry fool!

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Beat me to it!

A simpler version, good when you only have a few berries, is to just mush them up with some sugar and heavy cream, chill, and serve. It winds up somewhere between a spoonable dessert and a really decadently evil smoothie, and is good with all sorts of berries.

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I always start out intending to do the fancy version, but I usually end up just smooshing them and pouring cream on them.

[geekchick]

That looks very, very yummy. I should find more gooseberries, I think. (Oh, woe!)

*ponders whether she can find elderflower cordial at The British Pantry*

[easy-living.livejournal.com]

Honestly, you don't need it for gooseberry fool. The version someone mentioned upthread, gooseberries cooked with some sugar then cooled and folded into stiffly-whipped cream, makes an excellent gooseberry fool.

However, we ate ours as they were. I agree that there aren't enough of them to make into anything. I've also seen recommendations for eating them raw and dipped in chocolate, which sounds rather good too.

[free-of-whip.livejournal.com]

Well, if you decide you don't know what to do with that eggplant, just pass it on to us. easy_living seems to be willing to eat as much moussaka as I'm willing to cook, and it uses tomatoes and parsley, too.