{"id":3477,"date":"2019-03-01T00:14:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T00:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2019-03-01T00:14:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T00:14:50","slug":"yacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/2019\/03\/01\/yacon\/","title":{"rendered":"Yacon"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a couple of days this fruit\/vegetables I didn’t know about is everywhere around me… it all first started when I stopped at Tsukuba station to buy something for lunch at the station store selling local products. I wanted their super delicious 100% carrot juice but they didn’t have it anymore… so I had to improvise and chose a yogurt made of Ibaraki milk and seasoned with yakon. I really like the soft, sweet and subtle flavor. I then discovered that apparently, though yakon is originally from South America, it grows very well in Ibaraki apparently since the 1980’s. But not only, just the next day I found yakon at our local farmers market in Isumi. Enough to convince me to try cooking them. To be honest I have not been very extravagant with this new fruit\/vegetable and I mainly used it with other vegetables, in soup or saut\u00e9ed, as a replacement of potatoes. I did a bit of reading and found that it can actually be used raw or cooked, for sweet or savory recipes… too much at once for me. I first need to get used to the taste before I can accommodate it in complex and fancy recipes. In particular because yakon doesn’t have a strong flavor. Yet the texture is very interesting and it’s French name “poire de terre” suits it very well for the fresh and crispy texture it keeps even cooked.<\/p>\n

My first trial was on a simple vegetables soup, with carrots and leeks. I didn’t bother peeling them, just washing thoroughly. As I said, it keeps it crispy texture which was great, even better than potatoes that become too creamy and soft sometimes. This took me then to another trial…<\/p>\n

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For the second recipe, you’ve already saw the picture in the last post, as yacon was part of the plate I prepared with the tatsoi, and the duck. I simply peel and cut in sticks, and panfry in a bit of oil them until golden like French fries. Again, it was great. Really crispy both from the frying and the texture of the yacon. Loved it!! what I learned in preparing them is that they oxyde very quickly and turn brownish. So better cook them quick after peeling and cutting.<\/p>\n

Now I need to find some again and continue exploring how to use it!<\/p>\n

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