Photo from Bev Weidner (bio) from her recipe at her blog Bevcooks.com. Her recipe uses spinach and omits the salad turnips.
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Serves 4
Sally tells me that the farm share from Glade Road Growing for September 15 will include two salad turnips, garlic, one head bok choy, a sweet pepper, one pound of tomatoes, salad greens and an eggplant. Here's a simple recipe for the bok chok, turnips, sweet pepper and garlic that I like. If you want to use it as a main course, you can add thinly sliced tempeh or cooked chicken.
Serves 4
1. Wash the red sweet pepper, bok choy, and turnips and greens in cool water. Prepare the vegetables and keep separate as they require different cooking times. Remove stem and seeds from the pepper and slice into thin strips. Trim the ends off the bok choy and separate the leaves in a separate pile. Cut the root end off the turnips and reserve for a separate use. Remove the stems and reserve for soup stock. Thinly slice the leaves. (The turnip bulbs would be great in a salad with the tomatoes and salad greens. If the turnips come without greens this week, thinly slice the bulbs for this recipe and use along with an onion quartered and thinly sliced and 2 stalks of celery thinly sliced on the slant, to make up the volume of vegetables you'll need.)
2. In a dry skillet toast raw sesame seeds until they begin to pop and are light tan. Remove from heat and when cool, store in a lidded glass jar. You will use about a tablespoon or more for this recipe.
3. Cut the ends off four fresh garlic cloves, smash, peel and mince. Mince enough fresh ginger to make one tablespoon.
4. Cut two sheets of nori paper into thin strips.
5. In a saucepan, bring water to boil and cook eight ounces of sorba noodles until al dente, about five minutes. Drain and set aside.
6. In a medium skillet heat four tablespoons of olive oil and two tablespoons of toasted sesame oil over medium high. Add the garlic, ginger and a sprinkle of crushed red pepper and let bloom for about a minute. Add the red bell pepper (and onions and turnip bulbs if you are using) and saute for about 3 minutes. Add the baby bok choy along with two tablepoons of mirin or other sherry and saute to wilt, an additional 3 or 4 minutes. Lastly add the turnip greens (and celery if you are using) about 1 minute. Add the soba noodles to the skillet and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper. To serve, top with cilantro, nori strips, sesame seeds and a squeeze of lemon.
