Jerusalem artichokes... what exactly am I supposed to do with them?

[georgiemum]

I got a bagfull of them in my veg delivery box and they have been lurking in the cupboard, along with some pak choi (I think). I was thinking soup?

Ugly little things that look like a cross between a small mucky potato and ginger root.

I have found a recipe...

JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE SOUP RECIPE
Prepare 750g (3 1/2 cups) Jerusalem artichokes (or a mix of artichokes and potatoes) by par-boiling and peeling. Cut into chunks. Gently cook 1 large chopped onion and a crushed clove of garlic in a little oil to release the garlic flavour. Add 2 sticks celery, stringed and chopped and the artichokes. Pour on 1 litre (4 cups) hot stock, bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer and cook, covered for 20 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Puree in a blender, and add milk or more stock to thin if necessary. Season to taste.

I put some in a chicken pot pie.

So I made the soup. I added some fennel that was lurking in the fridge too. It is bubbling away and smells quite nice.

I'll let you know if it kills anyone...

TMI alert

Jerusalem artichokes are fab, but you will be doing huge smelly farts afterwards ...

From Wikipedia:
Gerard's Herbal, printed in 1621, quotes the English planter John Goodyer on Jerusalem artichokes:

"which way soever they be dressed and eaten, they stir and cause a filthy loathsome stinking wind within the body, thereby causing the belly to be pained and tormented, and are a meat more fit for swine than men." [4]

You have been warned!

BecauseImWorthIt I am weeping, that's brilliant.

Personally I roast them in olive oil and eat them with a cheese board (drool)

They also calling them fartichokes, my DH dreads my smoked garlic/jerusalem artichoke soup as the duvet will float near ceiling after eating a bowl of it but IMO it is worth the farting

Yes, a good fart can be enjoyable. But last time I made jerusalem artichoke puree I can tell you that both DH and I were in pain with wind. And as for the smell ...!

you will be a-parping!

nice in a risotto too but do par boil them first.

I am lucky I didn't put asparagus in there too.

With a side order of baked beans and cabbage, and washed down with some Tizer.

Well that's my next dinner party menu sorted out then.

And don't forget the sprouts!

BIWI - great quote - I can absolutely testify to the truth of that - never again!
I quite liked the too but I can't stand the fall out...

I have to report that the soup was really nice and no windy-pops at all.

I have just planted some of these....
not sure I'll want to eat them after reading this