When MyNorth.com challenged Trattoria Stella’s chef Myles Anton to our local foods showdown he accepted with relish and prepared a simply delicious Fettuccine for a MyNorth.com video. Anton went above and beyond the rules of the showdown (calling for 90 percent of the ingredients to be from Northern Michigan and another 5 percent from Michigan) using 99 percent local ingredients.
Watch the video to learn Chef Anton’s technique. Then click to find the recipe for Fettucine.
Here is a list of the local ingredients Anton used in the dish:
- Thyme, Werp Farms, Karlin, 231-263-2111
- Eggs, Halpin’s Land of Goshen at Douglas Valley, Manistee, 231-360-7176
- Asparagus, Norconk’s, Empire
- Cream, Shetler Dairy, Kalkaska, 231-258-8216
- Spinach, Jordan Valley Bison, 231-544-6684
- Flatleaf parsley, wheat flour, Golden Rule
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Watch Sam Hybel of Gusto in Suttons Bay prepare Asparagus with White Wine Sauce.
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