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Eat This Now
Eat This Now
RICOTTA DUMPLINGS AT THE TOWN COMPANY
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By Sarah Sipple
Every dish at The Town Company elicits a double take after the first taste. The Ricotta Dumplings are a fall feature and an elevated version of comfort food you didn’t know you needed in your life.
Served as an entrée, the dumplings are prepared with butternut squash, green tomato, pumpkin seeds, and feta. Five expertly-formed dumplings by Executive Chef Johnny Leach are decadently rich, tangy from the ricotta, and doughy without being sticky. A pleasant crunch is added with toasted pumpkin seeds. The dish, as with all Town Co. fare, is designed to be shared, but this, alone, makes a filling main course.
This Ricotta Dumplings perfectly illustrate The Town Co.’s dedication to locally-grown ingredients. The butternut squash is from Thane Palmberg Farm in De Soto, KS, and the feta is from Green Dirt Farm Creamery in Weston, MO. The green tomato is from Juniper Gardens Training Farm in KCK, which helps refugees start and operate independent vegetable farms.
Local farmers are not just a source of individual ingredients, but inspiration. “They are our heroes,” says Leach.
The Town Company 1228 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64105
