{"id":211,"date":"2018-05-30T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=211"},"modified":"2018-05-30T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:33:00","slug":"farmers-market-asparagus-ragu-a-la-jacques-pepin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Market Asparagus Ragout \u00e0 la Jacques Pepin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have had Asparagus Ragout for supper repeatedly in recent weeks. We visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Proviencetownfarmersmarket\/\">Provincetown Farmers Market<\/a> on a recent trip to our favorite spot on the tip of the Cape and bought a bunch of asparagus from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silverbrookdartmouth.com\/\">Silverbrook Farm<\/a>. We didn&#39;t want to turn on the oven in our rental apartment to roast it, so Penny remembered a Jacques Pepin cooking technique for cooking fresh vegetables in a little water and a bit of butter. We both loved the result.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340224df35c434200b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1010805\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340224df35c434200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340224df35c434200b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"P1010805\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After returning home, we located <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=alHc7jbN3QY\">a Jacques Pepin video with instructions for what he calls Asparagus Ragout.<\/a> (This dish is first up on this the program.) &#0160;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/alHc7jbN3QY\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ragout\">Via Wikipedia<\/a> we found this about Ragout, &quot;The term comes from the French rago\u00fbter, meaning: &#39;to revive the taste.&quot; The Italian rag\u00f9 (the word being borrowed from French) is a sauce such as Rag\u00f9 Napoletano used typically to dress pasta.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>While this farm fresh asparagus did not need reviving, this method of cooking it certainly results in great flavor complete with a light sauce. (Naturally, Ed selected his favorite utensil \u2013 a slice of fresh bread \u2013 and sopped up every drop of the sauce remaining on his plate.)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340224e03cb91d200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"P1010810\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340224e03cb91d200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340224e03cb91d200d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"P1010810\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we returned to Boston, we bought more asparagus at the Atlas Farm stand at the Copley Square Farmers Market and had a second supper of lovely, local asparagus.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340223c84e0f96200c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9886\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340223c84e0f96200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340223c84e0f96200c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"IMG_9886\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We do peel the stalks and this time we had watched the video and followed Jacques&#39; method. If you have the time, you can make an <a href=\"http:\/\/allrecipes.co.uk\/recipe\/36905\/asparagus-stalk-soup.aspx\">asparagus soup<\/a> from the trimmings.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340224e03cb93d200d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Asparagus ragu\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb888340224e03cb93d200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340224e03cb93d200d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"Asparagus ragu\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We highly recommend this quick and easy cooking method for many of the fresh, local vegetable you&#39;ll be gathering at local markets this summer.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>What&#39;s on your Food Lover&#39;s Shopping List? <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=kitchen&amp;banner=0FNCR9B2J7F8PHAZGG82&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=HSWSLVXC4HC3FN7E\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Words: Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino<br \/>Photos: \u00a92018 Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We both loved the result!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,772,311,809,549,4],"tags":[1366,43,1364,1363,1367,1359,1365,1360,140,1362,1361,1055],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","category-food-local-farmers-markets","category-food-recipes","category-resources","category-tips-how-to","category-we-recommend","tag-atlas-farm-stand","tag-boston","tag-cooking-fresh-vegetables","tag-cooking-technique","tag-copley-square-farmers-market","tag-farmers-market-asparagus-ragout-a-la-jacques-pepin","tag-origin","tag-provincetown-farmers-market","tag-ptown","tag-silverbrook-farm","tag-tip-of-the-cape","tag-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Farmers Market Asparagus Ragout \u00e0 la Jacques Pepin - bostonzest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=211\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Farmers Market Asparagus Ragout \u00e0 la Jacques Pepin - bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;We both loved the result!&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=211\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"bostonzest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-30T09:33:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb888340224df35c434200b-500wi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Penny\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Penny\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=211#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=211\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Penny\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f647a1db4d359874c813f277b131597f\"},\"headline\":\"Farmers Market Asparagus Ragout \u00e0 la Jacques Pepin\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-30T09:33:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=211\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.com\\\/?p=211#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bostonzest.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00e54fc42bb888340224df35c434200b-500wi\",\"keywords\":[\"Atlas Farm stand\",\"Boston\",\"cooking fresh vegetables\",\"cooking technique\",\"Copley Square Farmers Market\",\"Farmers Market Asparagus Ragout \u00e0 la Jacques Pepin\",\"origin\",\"Provincetown Farmers Market\",\"ptown\",\"Silverbrook Farm\",\"tip of the Cape\",\"tips\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Food &amp; 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