The countdown to spring is on, and we couldn’t be more excited. On this edition of The Faith Middleton Food Schmooze®, we celebrate spring’s most anticipated meats, ham and lamb, and sip a refreshing Italian red wine. We improvise a glaze for ham using a Chai Spice Liqueur and grassy stalks of asparagus poked through during the conversation (thick or thin, it’s up to you).
Don’t forget. . .there are two more things that make this coming spring spectacular: We’re on a hunt for the very best-tasting local eggs we can find (visit our Facebook page to make your recommendations), and our annual martini competition is mere months away. It’s never too soon to start thinking about martinis. Seasonless!
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Here’s your roundup of recipes and more:
Rotisserie Georgette (for a stunning lamb and wine tasting dinner)
Ham with Brown Sugar and Mustard Glaze
Store-Bought Tube Polenta (Greek Faux Lasagna)
Chris’s Easy Grilled Ham and Pineapple
Parmesan-Coated Asparagus Wrapped in Prosciutto
Where to get your Easter ham
Nodine’s Smokehouse, Goshen, CT (Chris’s favorite)
Footsteps Farm, North Stonington (Faith’s favorite)
The Honey Baked Ham Company, Milford and Newington, CT (Mark’s favorite)
The Hartford Flavor Company (source for Chai Spice Liqueur, the star ingredient in our improvised glaze)
What to drink with ham and lam
With lamb: Madonna del Dono , Dolcetto d’ Alba
With ham: Mark recommends a dry Riesling
