Sweet and Salty Caramelised Jerusalem Artichoke 

Ingredients

• A handful of jerusalem artichoke pieces
• Vegetable oil to deep-fry
• 2 tablespoons of caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• 1 teaspoon of soy sauce
• Sesame seeds

Directions

1. Peel the skin of jerusalem artichoke and cut into small bite sized. Soak in water to remove tannin for some minutes. Set aside over a kitchen towel.

2. Deep-fry artichoke pieces in a small pan filled with 1cm depth of vegetable oil over small-medium temperature.

3. Set aside artichoke pieces over a kitchen towel to remove extra oil

4. In a small frying pan, add sugar and 1 tablespoon of water and make it caramel over medium temperature. Add honey in the end then turn off the heat.

5. Add artichoke pieces and soy sauce in the caramel pan. Mix well. Top with sesame seeds to serve.

Time to prepare: 25 minutes

Total cost: Less than 2 pounds

Deepfried Jerusalem artichoke, asparagus, parmesan and truffle oil salad 

The great taste of deepfried jerusalem artichoke has been introduced:

http://japanesegourmet.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/deep-fried-wedges-of-jerusalem.html.

Asparagus, tomato and parmesan is a great company for the deepfried jerusalem artichoke. The perfume of truffle oil makes this salad a gorgeous dish!

Directions

1. Peel the skin of jerusalem artichokes.  Cut the veggies into bite sized.

2. Heat up a frying pan with oil (less than 1cm depth) and deepfry veggies separately until each get nice colour.  

3. Place them over a paper towel to remove the extra oil.

4. Mix with some cherry tomatoes and top with parmesan cheese, pinches of salt and some truffle oil to serve.

Time to prepare: 20 mints
Total cost:1.4 pounds+ (60p for asparagus, 50p for jerusalem artichoke, 30p for cherry tomatoes, + vegetable oil, parmesan cheese, truffle oil) 

Deep-fried Wedges of Jerusalem Artichoke

Happy New Year for 2014!! 

Sorry for the slow update as we were in Japan until last week. 

Before introducing the Japanese things, let me do the one that we had last year.

We had the lamb from Ginger Pig as promising!! 

The special thing was the side dish, deep fried Jerusalem Artichoke!! 
Jerusalem Artichoke 

Ingredients:

• Some pieces of Jerusalem Artichokes
• Vegetable oil
• Sea salt

Directions:

1. Cut Jerusalem Artichokes into wedges.

2. Pour vegetable oil into a large frying pan for 1cm depth and heat up in low temperature for 3-4 mints. Once the pan is ready, put the pieces of Jerusalem Artichoke to deepfry for 4-5 mints in medium temperature.

3. Once the pieces of artichoke became tender and turn into gold, put them on the kitchen paper to drain the extra oil. 

4. Serve them with pinches of salt and black pepper.

Total cost: around 2 pounds for 8-10 pieces of wonderful Jerusalem Artichoke
Total time to prepare: around 10 mins