Jerusalem artichokes

[woolymonkey]

We brought back a sackful of these from the allotment. They're the last of the crop and I'm bored of my usual ways of cooking them. (OK, I was bored halfway through the very first batch, but they're easy to grow.)

Please! Does anyone have easy recipe ideas? Note: the idea is to use the buggers up. I am not interested in recipes which require "2 small Jerusalem artichokes".

Alternatively, if anyone in central Cambridge is pining for Jerusalem artichokes, I could probably spare a few...

If you're not sure what they are, or maybe call them by a different name, this is the vegetable I mean.

Apparently they have potential as biofuel. Mine certainly convert readily to methane...

Comments

[fjm.livejournal.com]

Baked they are gorgeous.

Lamb stew; saute onions, saute lamb, add one clove of garlic, two carrots and eight artichokes. Add stock and some red wine. Stew for four hours minimum.

Mash with potato?

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

You don't just mean baked in their jackets, do you. Because if you do, that's the one! I hate peeling them.

[fjm.livejournal.com]

Yep. They taste fantastic. Really nutty.

You don't have to peel them for the stew either. The skin peels off when cooked.

[porridgebird.livejournal.com]

Love those things baked like potatoes! *hungry now*

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Peeled and baked or baked in their skins?

I wish I could send you some. Really, I do.

[porridgebird.livejournal.com]

Baked in their skins! My experience was good, but I see artaxastra's was not. So, hmm...

Does this help?

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

It does. Thanks.

[artaxastra.livejournal.com]

The last time I baked them they were horrible. You don't want my recipe....

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Damn! Was starting to feel almost optimistic about baked Jerusalem artichokes. Still, I have enough of them to experiment a bit...

[fjm.livejournal.com]

Bake! They are gorgeous with a little salt and some olive oil.

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Right. I'm going to bake the big ones and stew the little ones...
Thank you!

[smtfhw.livejournal.com]

Jerusalem artichoke and hazelnut soup...

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Sounds good, but I'm going for quick and easy this time - baked and stewed.

But there's always next year...

[woolymonkey.livejournal.com]

Thank you!