FIDDLEHEAD SPRING PASTA
Fiddleheads are the young curled up sprout of an ostrich fern. When properly prepared and cooked, they are meaty, with a slight crunch, similar to asparagus with a unique flavor. The first thing you need to do when you get fiddleheads is to clean them well. Fill a large basin with water and soak them, then rub each fiddlehead to remove the brown leafy fronds. Drain and then spin to dry in a salad spinner. Think asparagus when you prepare them from here. You can steam them and toss them in butter. Sauté them with olive oil and garlic. You can also make many other preparations. I make a light Camembert cheese sauce (don't think Alfredo!) and mix it with as many spring delectables as I can get my hands on. Fiddleheads are always front and center as long as they're available.
Provided by Josh Kroner
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Melt the butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat. Then, add the flour and cook for 1 minute. While whisking, add the wine, then milk and cream. Bring to a boil and let thicken. Turn off the heat and mix in the cheeses. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and set aside.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until al dente. Drain. Toss with the butter and set aside.
- Heat a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the oil, then the garlic, and sauté briefly. Add the cooked vegetables and sauté until well heated. Deglaze the pan with the white wine and then add 3 cups of the reserved sauce. Add the pasta and toss. Serve with Parmesan and season with pepper, to taste.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 serving, Calories 706 calories, Sugar 6 g, Fat 36 g, Carbohydrate 70 g, Cholesterol 97 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 25 g, SaturatedFat 19 g, Sodium 788 mg, TransFat 0.2 g
FIDDLEHEAD PASTA
Celebrate the spring fiddlehead season and make this vegetable pasta with the young, edible, tightly coiled fern frond that resembles the spiral end of a violin (fiddle).
Provided by Chef mariajane
Categories Penne
Time 20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- To clean and cook fiddleheads: Clean fiddleheads in cold water and rinse several times until the water looks clear. Cut off black ends.
- Bring to a boil 1 1/4 cups water with 1/2 teaspoons salt. Add fiddleheads, making sure they are totally submerged (otherwise they will turn black).
- Cook 8-10 fiddleheads until al dente. when cooked, remove from boiling water and run under cold water so they remain al dente. Set aside.
- Cook pasta as dierected on package. Drain and run cold water over noodles to keep them al dente. Keep warm.
- Combine olive oil and garlic and mix well.
- Toss fiddleheads with pasta, oil-garlic mixture, 1/4 teaspoons salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese. If desired for a slighty sweet taste or add hot peppers for a spicy flavor.
FIDDLEHEAD PASTA PRIMAVERA
Ham, cheese and a couple of eggs turn these ferns into an economical supper. Substitute wild morels, if you're lucky enough to find them in your fiddlehead foraging, for domestic mushrooms.
Provided by Olha7397
Categories Canadian
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In saucepan of boiling water, cook fiddleheads for 5 to 7 minutes or until just barely tender; refresh under cold running water and drain well; set aside.
- In small bowl, beat eggs until smooth; stir in cream, salt, pepper and 2 Tbsp.
- of the Parmesan cheese; set aside.
- In large skillet, melt butter over low heat.
- Cook mushrooms, garlic, ham and basil for 5 minutes or until mushrooms are tender, stirring occasionally.
- Add fiddleheads and peas; simmer for 3 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente.
- Drain well; add to fiddlehead mixture.
- Remove from heat.
- Pour egg mixture over top; toss.
- Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and large grinding of pepper.
- Serve immediately, passing extra cheese.
- Makes 4 servings.
- Canadian Living.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 494.1, Fat 23.1, SaturatedFat 11.8, Cholesterol 216.1, Sodium 482.1, Carbohydrate 48.2, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 3.8, Protein 23.7
FIDDLEHEADS AND PASTA
This is fiddlehead season in our part of Maine, so the *Bangor Daily News* published the following recipe, making delightful use of our little ferny friend. The meatiness of the 'shrooms, the combo of butter and olive oil in the saute pan, a goodly quantity of garlic, all combine to produce a toothsome meal. If you can't get fiddleheads, the next closest alternative would be asparagus.
Provided by lecole54
Categories Spaghetti
Time 30m
Yield 3-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Clean the fiddleheads and trim the brown stem end. Put into enough water to barely cover and simmer for about 10 minutes or until they are tender. Drain and set aside.
- Chop the portobellos coarsely. Heat the oil and butter in a saute pan and add the garlic and cook it briefly. Add the mushrooms and, when they are tender, add the fiddleheads and heat through. Toss with the pasta and serve with grated cheese on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 470.4, Fat 18.3, SaturatedFat 6.3, Cholesterol 20.4, Sodium 78.5, Carbohydrate 63.8, Fiber 3.2, Sugar 3.5, Protein 14.7
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