Fartichoke Soup

The last CSA box of the season and the last new weird food item: sunchokes, a.k.a. Jerusalem artichokes, a.k.a., apparently, fartichokes.  It’s not just a clever name.

Ingredients:

~1lb sunchokes,

1 leek, chopped

1 yellow potato

1 red potato

1 shallot

6-8 cloves of garlic

1 dessicated chili pepper, mostly seeded and diced

2 shots olive oil

4 ½ cups water

1 hefty spoonful of Better Than Bouillon No Chicken base

2 bay leaves

salt

pepper

Do:

Heat oil in a large pot over high-ish heat. Add chopped sunchokes, potatoes, leek, and shallot.  Sprinkle with salt and saute about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add garlic and chili pepper and cook a few more minutes. Add water and soup base; add bay leaves. Bring to a boil and reduce heat; simmer 20-30 minutes until potatoes and sunchokes are soft.  Blend. Sprinkle with salt and Pepper.

Look around and consider who might be in the room while you’re digesting.  Enjoy?