Excellent winter salad. My timing for getting jerusalem artichokes was off by 2-3 days at all of my neighborhood stores (UWS), so I substituted jicama cut into small dice and boiled until almost tender. It worked perfectly.
Warm Salad with Jerusalem Artichokes, Bacon, and Radicchio
Credit: Larry Nighswander
MAKES 4 SERVINGS
This hearty winter salad was adapted from Jamie Oliver's cookbook Cook With Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook (2007, Hyperion).
6-8 Jerusalem artichokes, scrubbed
5 slices thick-cut bacon, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 small head radicchio, halved and thinly sliced
1 large head butter lettuce
1 small handful flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
Extra virgin olive oil to taste (optional)
Shaved Parmesan
1. Boil the artichokes in salty water until just soft, but nowhere near mushy. Slightly cool and cut into chunks.
2. Meanwhile, sauté the bacon in a large skillet until beginning to brown, then add the artichokes. Add onions and cook over high heat, stirring only occasionally, until everything is crispy.
3. Transfer the contents of the skillet into a large bowl, and season with salt and pepper. Add the balsamic vinegar, and, depending on the fat content of your bacon, a little olive oil to moisten. Add the radicchio and lettuce, and toss well. Transfer to serving plates and top with shaved Parmesan.
Ratings & Reviews (2)
Quadrupled this for a Thanksgiving 2011 weekend meal and it was a big hit! After reading more info on the sunchokes, I'll likely steam them next time. And because we were making it in bulk, we never accomplished the "everything is crispy" stage, but it was still delicious. We used a spring mix that contained baby butter lettuce and radicchio, among other leafs (because we couldn't find them for singular purchase). Ended up not needing any olive oil and added extra balsamic for sufficient dressing. Rave reviews all around — will definitely make again and I'm a new fan of sunchokes!
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