Fettuccine with Sunchokes and Herbs
Published November 27, 2012
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
- Total Time
- 40 minutes
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Ingredients
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
⅓ cup thinly sliced shallots
2 cloves garlic, sliced thin
½ cup niçoise olives, pitted
1 pound sunchokes, scrubbed and sliced ¼-inch thick
Salt
10 ounces fresh fettuccine
Leaves from 3 branches fresh rosemary
2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
¼ cup coarsely chopped flat leaf parsley leaves
Black pepper
1 ½ ounces Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated
Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)
63 grams carbs; 59 milligrams cholesterol; 482 calories; 12 grams monosaturated fat; 2 grams polyunsaturated fat; 4 grams saturated fat; 20 grams fat; 3 grams fiber; 568 milligrams sodium; 15 grams protein; 12 grams sugar
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch skillet. Add shallots and garlic and sauté on medium until they are soft but not brown. Add remaining oil, olives and sunchokes and sauté, stirring, 5 minutes. Season with salt. Cover pan and cook about 15 minutes more, stirring once or twice, until sunchokes are tender.
- Step 2
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta. Cook pasta until al dente, about 4 minutes. Remove 1 cup pasta water. Drain pasta.
- Step 3
Add ½ cup pasta water, the rosemary and thyme to the skillet. Stir. Add drained pasta to skillet and using tongs or a large spoon, fold all the ingredients together. Add additional pasta water if needed to keep mixture moist. Add parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with cheese.
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Delicious ! But be aware that sunchokes are full of inulin , a fiber that is digested by bacteria in human intestines releasing methane in the process This can result in painful flatulence after eating this vegetable. I had eaten sunchokes before without this results. However reading now about this side effect, I realized that the recipe I used previously included lemon. Lemon might break down the inulin into other sugars that won’t be processed the same way in the intestines.
Delicious. Marinate the sliced sunchokes in lemon juice, lemon zest, sumac, salt, and pink peppercorn before preparing.
Add lemon juice and chili flakes at end
Cooked exactly as written and it was FANTASTIC!
Delicious. Marinate the sliced sunchokes in lemon juice, lemon zest, sumac, salt, and pink peppercorn before preparing.
I made so many changes that not sure my feedback is that helpful (wine, capers instead of olives, butter, shrimp and asparagus) but it definitely took way longer than 15 minutes for the sunchokes to get tender. Maybe closer to 30? Overall delicious flavor. Just ended up with some crunchier sunchokes