This week on the farm we harvested some of our fruits and vegetables that were ready to cook and held an Iron Chef competition surrounding those crops. On block day, we spent the first ten minutes of class searching the farm for ingredients to center our Iron Chef dishes around. My group chose to pick bell peppers, onions, and rosemary to go with our sustainably grown potatoes brought in from outside the classroom. Once our ingredients selected, we returned to the classroom where the competition would take place.
The class was split up into four groups who would all prepare a dish to be judged by Mr. Stewart. My group began by quartering our potatoes and mixing them with olive oil and bits of rosemary in a bowl. We then spread them on a baking dish and put them in the oven to cook. While the potatoes were cooking we chopped onions and peppers to be sauteed with the cooked potatoes. After cooking the potatoes for twenty minutes we finished the dish off on the stovetop with olive oil, chili flakes, salt and pepper.
The final step of the competition was the judging process. Mr. Stewart along with another judge taste tested the four dishes and determined a winner. Although our group did not win the competition, our dish was the most widely eaten by the entire class and was completely finished. The Iron Chef competition was one of the most fun days i've had in a classroom and I look forward to the next one to hone my cooking skills.
-Luke Zlatunich
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