Veggie experiment Part 1: Jerusalem artichokes

I bought some Jerusalem artichokes on the weekend and even though I had never cooked with them or even eaten them I thought I would give them a go. I roasted some chicken marylands over the jerusalem artichokes and some leeks. The white part of the leek was cut into longish chunks. I just washed the jerusalem artichokes and sliced them in half and put them in acidulated water until I was ready to cook them to prevent discolouration (I did my homework!)


They had a lovely flavour and texture. I made a lemon and herb spice rub for the chicken. I'm not entirely sure the leeks worked flavour or texture wise with this meal, but I do really like leeks... I will probably just do the jerusalem artichokes next time perhaps with some whole garlic cloves.

I served it with some steamed broccoli and made some "stuffing" which was really just my usual stuffing mix cooked in a parcel of baking paper (I use cubed bread, shallots, bacon, tomato, capsicum, herbs, eggs and a little worcestershire sauce; pretty much my Dad's recipe)

I also made a coconut tapioca pudding with mango. This was a total experiment as I had never used tapioca before and I didn't really use a recipe. I soaked the tapioca for about 5 hours in water (was only going to do 2 but I was out of the house) then microwaved it on realy low with coconut milk, caster sugar and vanilla extract until the pearls became transparent and took up the coconut milk. I served it cold the next evening with mango and a sprinkle of soft brown sugar. I would have used palm sugar but I had run out.

I also made marshmallows with toasted coconut and will split the batch with Mr Undomestic Goddess and we will each take some into work tomorrow.

Nighty-Night!