greenhouse chervil
Posted: December 10, 2009 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: chervil, greenhouse, high tunnel, hoophouse, spinach Leave a comment »
Last weekend we worked like mad to get the end walls on the two hoop houses before the snow. We were finishing the last one with snow coming down on us! But everything is snug inside now. Walking inside now feels like spring and smells like chervil! Chervil is an herb with a fresh and anise like flavor, very popular in French cooking. Chervil is the lacy stuff growing in with the spinach in the photo. I planted it last spring with our salad mix, and it’s decided that conditions are perfect to seed itself throughout the greenhouse. It’s nice in salads, but since we have such an abundance of it, I thought I’d try to do something else with it. I made the chervil relish recipe from Mariquita Farm (I added salt) and ate it spread on homemade bread with sliced radishes. Yum! The flavor is kind of a mix of anise and cilantro. Odd but good. I also added a big handful to potato celeriac soup and the fresh flavor added a nice light touch. It’s a lot of work getting the houses ready, but so worth it for the intensely green mini spring inside when the ground is covered with snow.
