Hunter Angler Gardener Cook

Well, since I won last month’s Paper Chef with a dish of wild duck gizzards, wild cottontail rabbit kidneys, an asparagus sauce and a quinoa risotto, I have the honor of announcing this month’s challenge. What’s Paper Chef? Why it’s one of the oldest blog events in the whole food bloggery multiverse, silly rabbit! Mmmm…rabbit….

Ahem, I digress. After consulting Ilva, Paper Chef’s answer to The Chairman, I fed numbers into a randomizer and came up with these three ingredients from the standing list:

• Fennel
• Prosciutto
• Honey

And since I get to choose the fourth ingredient, I have decreed it shall be…

FRESH FAVA BEANS!!!!

Yes, fresh favas. Those little slippery nuggets of emerald love! As you can see in my previous post, I am currently swimming in them. So why not give myself a home field advantage, yes? Um, no. Actually, I am the judge and so will not be defending my title. If for some reason you try and try and still cannot find fresh favas, we’d rather have you use dried ones than not enter.

Here are the rules: You need to submit your dish to Ilva at luculliandelights AT gmail DOT com by noon(ish) on Tuesday, May 6. You must use all four ingredients in your dish and points will be awarded for originality, taste and appearance — just like the real Iron Chef. Also include:

• A link to your blog’s URL
• A permalink to the Paper Chef post
• Your name and anything else you’d like to add

Look for the roundup back at Ilva’s place shortly thereafter.

Allez Cuisine!

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