We'd managed to make it to dessert after more food than we'd collectively eaten in the last three days, and ended the service with a frozen lavage meringue with sour apple and custard cream yuzu and the chocolate
sunchoke with coffee grind caramel and honeycrunch.
Jerusalem artichoke - mysteriously called
sunchoke here - appears regularly in organic vegetable boxes but is rarely seen in restaurants.
For those seeking a hot starter, Ramusake will be serving dashi poached
sunchokes with wafu dressing and
sunchoke crisps.
Main dish options include Vegetable Napoleon, Almond Hazelnut-Encrusted Tempeh, Forbidden Risotto with
Sunchoke Lemon Cream, and Raw Lasagna.
Cantwell, "Hot water and ethanol treatments can effectively inhibit the discoloration of fresh-cut
sunchoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) tubers," Postharvest Biology and Technology, vol.
Foods highest in fructans are chicory root and Jerusalem artichoke (a root vegetable, also called a "
sunchoke," that looks more like ginger root than it does a globe artichoke).
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Sunchoke Custard with Sunflower Greens work their flavor-filled wiles.
Over medium heat, reduce the
sunchoke juice until a syrupy texture is obtained.
In the same species as the sunflower, the
sunchoke is widely cultivated for its tuber, which is eaten as a root vegetable.
Served with Kentish cob nuts and Maldon salt baked baby beets, it tasted divine with a generous dash of a puree made of Jerusalem artichoke commonly called '
sunchoke'.
The menu includes caprese salad of shingled fresh mozzarella cheese, Roma tomatoes and red onion confit served with balsamic drizzles; fennel dusted pan-seared scallops with lobster risotto and rainbow Swiss chard; hickory smoked sous-vide New York striploin of beef with
sunchoke puree and parsnip puree served with carrot gelee; butternut squash ravioli with sage and brown butter beurre blanc; jumbo shrimp with Bloody Mary wasabi cocktail sauce; raw vegetable spring rolls with plum dipping sauce.