Posted on March 28, 2010 | By: Nancy Ging
Category : Main Dishes, Recipes
Tags: Acme, beef, Bellingham, Everson, locavore, Lummi Island, mushrooms, potatoes, Recipes, shallots, sunchokes, Whatcom County
One of the special delights of eating local food is trying new ingredients or using familiar foods in new combinations. I haven’t cooked much with sunchokes, also called Jerusalem artichokes. I tried using them in a cottage pie recently, and was delighted with the flavor. This time I tried using them in a hearty beef stew.
The flavor of sunchokes is distinctive, slightly sweet, and fairly strong. It blends better with other flavors if the sunchokes are cut into small pieces. For this stew I recommend a quarter-inch dice.
This is a variation of a traditional beef stew that uses a lot of mushrooms and a thick wine sauce. Locally raised stew beef cooks up tender and tasty. Continue Reading