Picked up a bag of Jerusalem Artichokes the other day and spent a chunk of today trying to figure out what they're good for. I found several recipes on the net, but all of them were complicated and included other ingredients whose flavor would overwhelm the 'chokes. So I just tried different ways of preparing them with an eye on what the other recipes called for, while letting them stay at the forefront of the dish.
This is as much as I was able to figure out:
Of common vegetables, they seem most like potatoes. You wouldn't mistake one for the other, however.
They don't taste bad raw. I wouldn't mind them in a salad. However, I never make salads for myself.
They can be turned into hash browns easily enough.
They can be turned into chips easily enough.
They didn't go badly with spinach & garlic salt. I suspect plantains would have worked even better, but didn't have any handy.
So that's still not a lot to go on. Anyone here have a recipe that features Jerusalem Artichokes? I mean; really puts them at the forefront of the dish. What I was able to do with them was interesting, but not world shaking. It's a lot to expect from a simple tuber, but I want to be impressed.
*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in Jerusalem Artichokes. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.