Jerusalem artichoke, commonly called Jerusalem artichoke, is gaining more and more popularity. Due to its taste and he alth benefits,Jerusalem artichoke is a great ingredient for salads.The edible part of Jerusalem artichoke are its underground tubers, which have a slightly sweetish, slightly nutty flavor. Jerusalem artichoke tubers contain a lot of fiber (inulin) and valuable minerals. We encourage you to use this vegetable in your home diet, and below we present3 proven recipes for Jerusalem artichoke salad
Jerusalem artichoke salad
Salad with Jerusalem artichoke and cheese
This simple and quick to makesalad with Jerusalem artichoke and cheesewill surely appeal to salad lovers.
We will need:3 large Jerusalem artichoke tubers, a bunch of coriander, one smaller red onion, 2 large cloves of garlic, approx. Two tablespoons of grated cheese (the best is Parmesan), olive oil, cereals chili, s alt and pepper.
Preparation:Peel the Jerusalem artichoke (like potatoes) and cut it into thin slices. A melax machine can be used for this purpose. We do the same with onions and garlic. We translate individually and alternately the slices of Jerusalem artichoke, onion and garlic. Season everything with s alt and pepper (as desired), sprinkle with olive oil, sprinkle with chopped coriander (about half a bunch), chili flakes and grated cheese.
"This salad can be served immediately, but it is worth putting it in the fridge for about an hour or two before serving, so that the ingredients chew on each other.
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Jerusalem artichoke and chickpea salad
The following recipe is enough for 2-3 servings. Such aJerusalem artichoke salad can be a separate dishor an addition to the main course.
Ingredients:5 large Jerusalem artichoke tubers, less than a can of chickpeas (you need to cook it), one small apple, a handful of chopped walnuts, iceberg lettuce (a few leaves), olive oil, s alt and pepper, ripe orange, honey
Preparation:tubers, wash and peel, cut into pieces. Season with s alt and pepper, pour olive oil and honey. Put in the oven, preheated to about 200-220 ° C for about 20 minutes. About halfway through cooking, turn the pieces over to brown evenly. We take it out when the edges are already firmly seared. As the base of our Jerusalem artichoke salad, we put iceberg lettuce leaves, then we put baked Jerusalem artichoke, thin apple slices and cooked chickpeas.Sprinkle everything with freshly squeezed orange juice and olive oil and add pepper.
For this Jerusalem artichoke salad, we can also make a simple sauce , based on mustard and olive oil. Just mix a tablespoon of table mustard, a tablespoon of olive oil and a tablespoon of orange juice, s alt and pepper as you like and you're ready to go! Pour the sauce over the entire salad or serve it in a separate sauceboat.
Vegetable salad with Jerusalem artichoke
This is a variation on the familiarvegetable salad with egg and mayonnaise . Except that in this versionpotatoes are replaced with Jerusalem artichoke tubers .
To prepare this Jerusalem artichoke salad we will need:approx. 4 Jerusalem artichoke tubers, 4 hard-boiled eggs, 3 cooked carrots and one parsley, half of the celery also cooked, plus a small can of peas, 4 pickled cucumbers in a barrel, a bunch of parsley leaves, s alt and pepper, mayonnaise and table mustard.
Preparation:Peel and cook Jerusalem artichoke, then cut into small cubes. Remember that Jerusalem artichoke is cooked shorter than potatoes! Dice boiled carrots, parsley, celery, pickled cucumbers and eggs. Put everything in one large bowl. To this add drained canned peas and chopped parsley. Season everything with s alt and pepper, add about 2-3 tablespoons of mayonnaise and one tablespoon of table mustard. We mix everything so that all ingredients are combined with each other. Put the ready-made Jerusalem artichoke salad into a new, clean bowl, cover it with cling film and put it in the fridge for a few hours so that the ingredients are chewed.
We hope that the aboveproven recipes for Jerusalem artichoke saladwill convince you to use this vegetable more often in your kitchen. We especially recommend planting Jerusalem artichoke in your garden and growing the tubers yourself. Especially that in Poland, Jerusalem artichoke is not so often found in shops.Enjoy your meal!
Katarzyna Marcinkowska
