Monday, December 29, 2008
burdock and carrot fries
A friend made me these and I’m hooked! The combination of the tart burdock and sweet carrots with salt is great. An interesting and healthy variation on french fried potatoes.
Julienne cut some carrots and burdock root into 1/8” x 4-6” strips. Put 2-3 tablespoons of high-heat cooking oil in a frying pan - preferrably iron. Add the carrots and burdock and a couple of healthy pinches of sea salt. Stir fry on medium high heat adding salt once or twice until veggies are well wilted and slightly caramelized. Cool and eat.
Burdock root is available in the produce section of health food stores or Whole Foods. It’s the plant that grows its seeds in the original velcro seed ball with all the little hooks on it.
I think I’ll try it with Rutabaga next.
Addendum: Burdock and carrots is better. Rutabaga is not bad but I still like turnips raw with salt best!