Before...(around March)
After...fresh dug Jerusalem artichokes still attached to their flower stalks last week.
After they're lifted, we let them dry off (just the dirt & out skin), then we brush them clean, ready for sale.
One of our regular market customers dubbed them "F-artichokes", in reference to an effect they can sometimes have on some people's digestive system. It didn't stop him or others buying more! The main thing to do to avoid the issue of wind, is to make sure they're well cooked. Apparently par-boiling them before baking them or going onto to use them in any recipe remedies the problem. Personally we think it's a matter of quantity consumed per sitting and that not all people are particularly susceptible to the gas effect. It is said to be caused by the inulin (type of fibre) within them, but I have read this is also what makes them a good food for diabetics and controlling blood sugar balance.
There's a really great, traditional French soup recipe that introduced me to J.artichokes and had this humble rhizome impress me. I didn't get the recipe from the French chef I worked with at the time but I have found a rather nice sounding soup recipe, "Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Bacon" on Chocolate&Zucchini , the excellent foodie blog of Parisian, Clotilde Dusoulier, one of our favourites. I'd be inclined to add a little cream or sour cream to finish the soup off to enrichen it and highlight its silky 'mouth feel', but it's up to you :).
Bon appetit!
N.B.: We do NOT sell bulk/wholesale Jerusalem Artichokes.
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