June 2008 Superior Farms E-Newsletter

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Treat Dad to a homemade restaurant-style (but easy to prepare!) meal this Father's Day.

GRILLED AMERICAN LAMB CHOPS with MARINATED COLORADO POTATOES RECIPE

 

SERVES 6

12 Superior Farms™ lamb loin chops

1/4-cup olive oil

2 cloves garlic, mashed

2 sprigs rosemary, chopped

Juice of one lemon

Coarsely ground black pepper

 

FOR THE POTATOES

¾-lb each of the following varieties, cut to ½-inch dice, leaving skin on for color:

 

Colorado Russet potatoes

Colorado Purple Majesty potatoes

Colorado Yukon Gold potatoes

Colorado Mountain Rose potatoes

 

1 cup olive oil

2 cloves garlic, quartered

1 sprig rosemary, about 6 inches long

1 teaspoon sage, chopped

1 tablespoon parsley, chopped

2 teaspoons shallots, minced

½ cup California dried Mission figs, sliced thin

1 teaspoon sherry vinegar

Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

 

PREHEAT OVEN TO 250 DEGREES

 

PROCEDURE

NOTE:  To maintain the brilliant colors of the potatoes after dicing, submerge in cold water until ready to cook. 

 

Rub lamb with the first five ingredients, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for four hours to marinate. 

 

In an 8 x 1-inch oblong baking dish combine potatoes, oil, garlic and rosemary sprig and roast in oven for 2 hours or until all potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork.

 

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Win FREE Groceries!

Do you have a favorite lamb recipe?  Submit it and enter a chance to win a bottle of Superior Farms California Garlic Lamb Seasoning and a $25 gift card to the supermarket of your choice!
Click here to read about Gilles, our May 2008 recipe winner with his Savory Lamb Lasagna Recipe!

If you live in California, there’s a chance that even your dog can eat local! Wagalicious Natural Pet Foods includes Pure Lamb from Superior Farms as a natural ingredient for man’s best friend. Pure Lamb has no hormones or antibiotics and is tracked from birth and Wagalicious offers six complete balanced formulas for cats and dogs. Visit www.wagalicious.net to find out more!

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Harris Teeter has long been a valued Superior Farms customer and an American lamb supporter. This summer they are spreading the word about our delicious products by helping with a direct mail effort that will share recipes and savings for their customers. They are also going to be labeling their American Lamb and Superior Farms lamb with new materials, recipe cards and cooking tips. They are also one of the first grocery stores where you will find new vacuum-sealed packaging technology!

Harris Teeter stores are located in Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Visit www.harristeeter.com for more info on this great chain!  

Keep it lean for Father’s Day When you get out the grill this Father’s Day (June 15), don’t forget that lamb is lean! A 3-oz serving has only 175 calories of protein and can be an important part in a healthy diet. In order to be labeled “Lean”, the Food and Drug Administration says a product must have less than 10 grams of fat, less than 4.5 grams of saturated fat, and less than 95 milligrams of cholesterol per 3.5 ounces. Give dad something tasty AND healthy! Ask your grocer for a Superior Farms butterflied seasoned leg of lamb.

 

Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, creator of this summer's Colorado Proud recipes featuring Superior Lamb, has his own restaurant in Boulder, CO: Frasca Food and Wine. In 2005, Lachlan was named one of Food & Wine Magazine’s “Best New Chefs” in America and was also recognized by the James Beard Foundation as the first-ever Rising Star Chef nominee in Colorado.  Frasca Food and Wine was also cited on the 2006 Conde Nast Traveler “Hot List”; it was the only Colorado restaurant to appear on the 2006 Gourmet Top 50 Restaurants in the US list; and USA Today’s Jerry Shriver voted it as the 2007 “Meal of the Year,” topping some of the best restaurants around the world – from New York City to Paris. As if that weren’t enough, in March of 2008, Lachlan was once again nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef Southwest. In addition, Frasca Food and Wine was named Colorado’s Top-Rated Zagat Restaurant in the recently published 2008 Survey, with a food rating of 28, décor rating of 24, and 27 service rating.

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