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Ingredients

• ✓ sunchoke
• apple
• olive oil
• orange juice
• salt
• black pepper
• white sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Arrange sliced sunchokes and apples on a serving platter.
2. 2 Combine olive oil, orange juice, salt, pepper, and sugar in a blender; blend until creamy. Drizzle over sunchoke-apple mixture.

By Marianne

Ingredients

• ✓ sunchoke
• olive oil
• leek
• celery
• carrot
• garlic
• salt
• black pepper
• bay leaf
• tarragon
• vermouth
• vegetable broth
• watercress
• butter
• mushroom
• tarragon

Instructions

1. 1 Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir the leek in the hot oil until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir the sunchokes, celery, carrot, and garlic into the leeks. Season the mixture with salt and pepper. Add the bay leaves and 1/2 bunch chopped tarragon. Increase the heat to high; cook and stir until the vegetables are hot, 2 to 3 minutes.
2. 2 Pour the vermouth into the pan; bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add the vegetable broth, reduce heat to medium-low, and bring the mixture to a simmer; cook until the vegetables are completely tender, about 30 minutes. Reserving a few sprigs for garnish, add the watercress to the soup; allow the watercress to wilt in the hot soup, about 5 minutes.
3. 3 While the soup simmers, melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the mushrooms to the melted butter, season with salt and pepper, and cook until completely tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the remaining tarragon and set aside.
4. 4 Remove and discard the bay leaves. Reserve about 1/3 of the soup in a separate pot. Pour the other 2/3 of the soup into a blender in batches, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Holding the lid of the blender with towel, carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into the pot with the unblended portion. Serve in bowls, topping each with a large spoonful of the cooked mushrooms and a sprig of watercress.

By cameal

Ingredients

• ✓ sunchoke
• vegetable broth
• olive oil
• shallot
• butternut squash
• arborio rice
• white wine
• gorgonzola cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Warm broth in a saucepan over low heat.
2. 2 Warm olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in shallot and butternut squash and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
3. 3 Meanwhile, peel and dice sunchokes, adding them to the saucepan immediately to prevent oxidation. Mix with the other vegetables. Add rice; stir and toast until pale, about 3 minutes. Pour in white wine, stirring constantly until fully absorbed.
4. 4 Pour 1/2 cup broth into the rice and stir until absorbed. Continue adding broth, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring continuously, until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender yet firm to the bite, 15 to 20 minutes. Turn off the heat and add Gorgonzola cheese. Stir well until cheese is melted. Allow to rest for 2 minutes before serving.

By Buckwheat Queen