Posted in Produce, Recipes, Salads & Sides, tagged arugula, blood oranges, food, oranges, recipe, ricotta on July 19, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Recently, I shared a recipe for Toasted Orzo Mac & Cheese, cobbled together after inspiration struck in the form of a couple of visits to B&G Oysters, a restaurant in Boston’s South End. For that side dish, the B&G team used Parmigiano Reggiano. At the opposite end of the cheese aging scale, however, they offered another delicious dish on their menu: arugula salad paired with citrus and their house-made ricotta – a fresh, young, milky cheese. (more…)
Posted in Produce, tagged Bergamot, Earl Grey, oranges, sour, tea on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bergamot oranges
A couple of Sundays ago, a fellow Formaggio Kitchen colleague introduced me to Bergamot oranges. Our produce department recently received a batch and I had never seen one before!
Bergamot gives Earl Grey tea its distinctive flavor (the essence is extracted from the skin of the orange). When I sampled one, I was given a small slice to try because it turns out they are more like lemons in terms of their sourness than they are like conventional oranges. (more…)
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