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With all this talk about Gut Health, a lot of us are asking "What foods can we eat to help support a healthy microbiome?" One answer is Jerusalem Artichokes, sometimes called Sunchokes. Jerusalem Artichokes are high in inulin, a prebiotic. Good gut flora, or our microbiome, love inulin! It's a natural fiber that feeds many different types of good bacteria in your gut. This is important because the more diverse your microbiome, the healthier it is.
We've found a simple yet delicious recipe from Bon Appetit's online November 2014 recipe archive. Enjoy!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Category Dinner, Plant Based
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 2 lbs small Jerusalem Artichokes scrubbed and quartered
  • Himalayan Pink Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper
  • 4 sprigs Fresh Rosemary
  • 1/4 cup Unsalted Butter (1/2 stick)
  • 3 tbsp Aged Balsamic Vinegar

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat
  • Add the sunchokes, 1/4 cup of water, season with salt & pepper
  • Cover, and stir occasionally until sunchokes are fork-tender, about 8-10 minutes
  • Uncover skillet, and stirring occasionally, cook until water is evaporated and sunchokes begin to brown and crisp, another 8-10 minutes
  • Transfer to a platter
  • Add rosemary and butter to skillet and cook, stirring often, until butter foams then browns, about 4 minutes
  • Remove skillet from heat and add vinegar, scrapping up any brown bits
  • Spoon brown butter sauce and rosemary over sunchokes