POTATO, BACON, HAM, & RAMP (WILD LEEK) SOUP
Ramps grow from South Carolina to Canada, and in many areas they're considered a spring delicacy and even a reason for celebration. The flavor is a cross between a green onion or scallion and garlic. Dig these spring treasures now because their growing season is limited to a few short weeks. My husband and I are fortunate to...
Provided by Carolyn Chasteen
Categories Cream Soups
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- 1. Sautee the bacon with the onion until the onion is translucent or almost tender. Add the water, bouillon, potatoes, ham, salt, and pepper. Simmer until the potatoes are tender.
- 2. Add the chopped ramps to to the simmering pot. Thoroughly combine the milk with the flour and add that to the pot too. Cook until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Serve hot with a small pat of butter placed on the surface of each bowl of soup.
- 3. Note: Regular cultivated leeks, found in most grocery stores, make an excellent substitute for wild leeks in this recipe but trim off and discard the tough part of the green tops if using them.
RAMP / WILD LEEK COMPOUND BUTTER
My husband and I are fortunate to have many large patches of ramps(also known as wild leeks) located on our woodland property. We chop and freeze several pounds of the raw ones(green and the white parts) for later use in recipes. This recipe for compound butter may be frozen in logs for future use. it is excellent on steamed...
Provided by Carolyn Chasteen
Categories Other Sauces
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- 1. Trim the root ends from the ramps and clean them well under cold running water.
- 2. Blanch the clean ramps quickly by dropping them for 30 seconds in a large pot of boiling salted water. Remove the ramps from the boiling water with tongs and shock them in a sink full of ice and water to cool them down quickly so they retain their fresh green color. Drain the ramps, squeezing out as much liquid as you can with your hands.
- 3. With a sharp knife, thinly slice the chilled & drained blanched ramps.
- 4. In a large bowl (or Kitchen Aid mixer with a paddle), mix butter, lemon juice, ramps, salt and pepper.
- 5. Form 1/4 lb. logs of the mixture and wrap tightly in pieces of wax paper, parchment paper or plastic wrap.
- 6. Place wrapped logs of compound butter in a large zip lock bag and freeze.
- 7. Note: This spring, I did not bother to blanch the ramps but rather relied on my food processor to chop them up raw with the addition of lemon zest and juice before adding them to the mixing bowl of softened butter.
RAMP BUTTER
Use fresh ramps to make this easy ramp butter. If you are using salted butter, you might not even need salt.
Provided by Lena
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Compound Butter Recipes
Time 5m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Chop 1/2 of the ramp leaves coarsely and the other 1/2 very fine.
- Beat butter with an electric mixer in a bowl until creamy. Mix in ramps and season with salt to taste. Transfer compound butter into a dish and refrigerate until hard.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 82.2 calories, Carbohydrate 0.2 g, Cholesterol 24.4 mg, Fat 9.2 g, Protein 0.1 g, SaturatedFat 5.8 g, Sodium 1.5 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
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