Bell Air Farm Dinner

Peeling Charcoal Roasted Beets to be served with Bloomsbury Cheese from Caromont Farm

Little hands putting together Winter Vegetables on Bacon Flavored Tofu and Herb Foccacia Crouton

Finished First Courses Winter Vegetable Crouton, Rappahanock River Oyster with Celery Root Kraut, Pippen Apples and Crispy Cabbage, Crispy Surryano Ham with Appalachian Cheese and Pale Ale Mustard and Fire Roasted Beets with Bloomsbury

Gabriel Inspecting the Main Course. Slow Roasted Bell Air Farm Pork Shoulder, Confit Baby Cabbage, Wades Mill Grits and Rutabaga Mustarda

The Family and I had a great time this weekend doing a farm dinner at BellAir Farm through Hill and Holler and benefiting The Local Food Hub.

Thanks for all the help from Tracy Love, Dauer Ellis, The Yoder Family and Everyone else who showed up to help.

Hill and holler bell air farm dinner menu

Smoked rappahanock river oysters on a half shell with apple, celery root kraut, crispy cabbage

Crispy surryano ham with Appalachian cheese, pale ale mustard caramel and fennel

Foccacia cruton with bacon flavored tofu(no actual bacon will be harmed in the production of this tofu), black cocoa, sherry vinegar and winter vegetable crudite

First course

Winter vegetable "risotto" with garden green pesto. there will be more to this waiting to hear what will be available to me.

Second course

Slow roasted bell air farm pork shoulder with whole roasted savoy cabbage, stone ground wades mill grits, rutabaga mustarda

Third course

Sorghum poached albermarle pippin apples with steadfast farm wheat berry porridge and rosemary

The Garden

Love Apple Tomato

Wild Fennel Growing in the back of Clifton

Amaranth
One Big Squarsh
Ice Plant
Heirloom Okra
Litchi Tomatoes

We have put alot more effort into our garden this year. It has been a great learning experience for everyone involved. In addition to the photoed items we have Eggplant, Cucumbers, Melons, Kale , Swiss Chard and a pretty robust herb garden. Earlier in the spring we grew Arugula, Peas, Turnips and Radishes.

Appalachian Star Farm Dinner 2011

Thanks to Everyone invovled with the Appalachian Star Farm Dinner this Past Sunday. Unfortunately we didn't get very many food pictures because as you can see there was a very inviting pool to distract everyone.
The menu was as follows:

Tomato Raspberry Gazpacho

Beet and Fennel Salad with Mountain View Farm Cheese

Whole Grain Trofie with Sharondale Farms Mushrooms, Okra and Slow Cooked Duck or Chicken egg:)

Fire Roasted Duck Breast with Braised Duck Leg, Summer Squash, Offal Sauce and Confit Potatoes

Fresh Berries with Wood Sorell and Cucmber Slushie

Perspective

As sporadic as it can be this is one of my favorite blogs. not home

wonder what we are missing out on

Ben Shewry

Well Said