Last night I was in the mood for some hearty comfort food. I had a big ol' pile of sunchokes and some onions and decided that you cant really go wrong mixing a few delicious things together and throwing them into a blender. Turned out I was right. Here's the recipe, feel free to throw in all kinds of other yummy things that sound good to your taste buds and get creative with it.
1 red onion (chopped large pieces, you're gonna blend it after all)
6 cloves of garlic (I used whole cloves) & 2-3 more for the garlic chip garnish
6-8 or a 1.5 lbs of sunchokes, scrubbed and chopped into pieces
1 tbsp vegetable stock
4 cups of water (or 1 quart of vegetable stock, depending on the type you use)
2 tbsp grass fed butter (more on the importance of grass fed dairy later)
2 tsp sea salt
tons and tons of cracked pepper
Saute onion and garlic
add water/veggie stock, salt &pepper (and any other spices your heart desires)
Add sunchokes once the onions look tender. Let it build to a slow simmer. Cover and reduce heat. Let simmer for about 45 minutes or until the sunchokes become tender.
Throw into a blender or use an immersion blender, puree & serve!
Garnish ideas:
1 tbsp Greek yogurt
1 tsp olive oil
1 glove of garlic, chopped & pan fried/toasted
whole wheat bread croutons
toasted sun choke slivers
shaved Parmesan
