Wild Field Greens And Vine Ripened Tomatoes With Warm Hazelnut Forest Dressing Recipes

WILD FIELD GREENS AND VINE RIPENED TOMATOES WITH WARM HAZELNUT FOREST DRESSING

Steps:

• Break or chop mushrooms into 1/4-inch pieces and cover with 1/4 cup warm water. Let sit for 30 minutes to rehydrate. Strain mushrooms, reserving soaking liquid in a small bowl. Rinse mushrooms and set aside. Strain soaking liquid through a paper towel into a small pot and reduce by half over medium heat.
• Combine hazelnut oil, walnut oil and olive oil in a small bowl. Combine vinegar, shallot, chives and salt and pepper in a separate medium mixing bowl and whisk in warm soaking liquid. Continue whisking and add oil in a slow thin stream to emulsify.
• Lay out slices of tomato. Top with salad greens and mushrooms. Drizzle with warm dressing and top with 2 small romaine leaves.

FARFALLINI WITH TOASTED HAZELNUT AND HERB STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a small skillet cook the shallots in the butter over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden.
• In a large bowl combine the shallot mixture, hazelnuts, farfallini, tarragon and chives. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Transfer the mixture to a buttered gratin dish, add a little broth to moisten and top with bread crumb mixture. Drizzle with remaining butter. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or until golden and just heated through.

MIXED ORGANIC SANTA BARBARA FIELD GREENS WITH HAZELNUT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Whisk all ingredients except hazelnut oil together. While whisking, slowly drizzle in hazelnut oil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside until ready to serve salad.
• When ready to serve toss greens, asparagus and vinaigrette together, seasoning with salt and pepper. Place a generous handful on each salad plate, top greens with onions and sprinkle with hazelnuts.

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES WITH RIPE TOMATO SALSA

Steps:

• Sprinkle the flour over a plate. Place polenta into a medium bowl, season and mix well. Place eggs in a small bowl and beat. Lightly coat a green tomato slice first in the flour, dusting off any excess, dip in the egg, then coat in polenta. Repeat with remaining slices.
• Heat a shallow pool of oil in a large frying pan. Fry the coated tomatoes in batches until golden and crisp on both sides, turning them over with a fish slice. As they are done, drain well on kitchen paper and keep warm in a low oven while you fry remaining batches.
• To make the salsa, mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl, then season with salt and pepper. Serve the fried green tomatoes hot, with the salsa spooned over.