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Creamy Scalloped Ginger Sunchokes

This ginger scalloped sunchoke dish is irresistibly good. Lightly crunchy sliced sunchokes in a creamy ginger sauce, topped with golden toasted breadcrumbs and pecans.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 4 -6 side servings
Calories 392kcal
Author Toni Dash

Ingredients

  • 2 cups peeled, sliced (1/8-inch thick slices) Sunchokes (approximately 1 1/4 pounds before peeling)
  • 1 cup Heavy Cream
  • 3 tablespoons freshly grated Ginger
  • 2 large Garlic Cloves , minced
  • ½ teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper
  • 1 ½ teaspoon Cornstarch
  • ¾ cup dried Bread Crumbs*
  • ¼ cup diced Pecans

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter a 1 quart casserole or gratin dish.
  • In a saucepan combine sunchokes, ¾ cup PLUS 2 tablespoons of the cream, ginger, garlic, salt and pepper over medium-low heat, stirring constantly to prevent burning. Let cook 5 minutes once hot to combine all flavors and soften the sunchokes.
  • Mix the remaining 2 tablespoons of cream with cornstarch; stir to fully combine. 
  • Add to sunchoke mixture in saucepan and continue to cook 5-8 minutes (over medium-low heat) longer until the mixture begins to thicken.
  • In a small bowl combine the bread crumbs and pecans and stir to fully mix together.
  • Spoon the sunchoke mixture into the prepared baking pan. Cover the top evenly with bread/pecan mixture.
  • Place the baking dish of sunchokes in a larger roasting pan. Fill with hot water to reach halfway up the side of the baking dish to create a water bath.
  • Bake until done when top becomes golden brown; about 20-25 minutes. NOTE: if the topping begins to over brown, place foil on top and continue cooking.

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Notes

*To make homemade bread crumbs: Toast bread and process into crumbs in a food processer or mini chopper. Extra bread crumbs may be sealed and frozen for future use.
Recipe adatped from About.com

Nutrition

Calories: 392kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 465mg | Potassium: 453mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 890IU | Vitamin C: 4.1mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 3.7mg