Jaune d' Or Yellow Gold French Radishes
One of the first things that are ready in the garden are radishes. They are a very short season vegetable and although we try to time their planting so that they are ready when several other crops are ready, they seem to jump ahead of the rest.
These radishes are a pretty yellow almost gold color. They are white inside. Mildly spicy when small, quite spicy when larger.
Our friends, John and Tikva had a wine tasting party last Saturday and I brought these radishes.
I used Ina Garten's recipe for Radishes with Butter and Salt below and tweaked it just a little.
2 bunches radishes with tops intact, root tips cut off
Sea Salt (I purchased Fleur de Sel de Guerande at International Marketplace on Decatur)
Herb Butter - recipe below
1 French Baguette, sliced diagonally and lightly toasted
Herbed Butter
1/4 lb. unsalted butter - room temperature
1 1/2 tsp. minced scallions (I used green onions)
1 1/2 tsp. minced dill (used dried lemon dill mix that I had - couldn't find fresh)
1 1/2 tsp. minced fresh parsley leaves (Used Italian parsley)
1/2 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
Pinch freshly ground pepper