Cooking Oca
I wasn't sure what to do with this unusual vegetable, so I cooked a few Oca tubers until they were soft. Just a little salt in the water.
Mashed them up with a little milk. I think I prefer the taste like this. Hard to describe but the Oca mash tastes a little bit like pease pudding, or perhaps mashed swede or chic peas. Would be quite nice as a veggie with a roast dinner. I might try adding butter and pepper next to see if it improves.
3 Comments:
How do they compare with potatoes?
As a roast vegetable is the best way. Or boiled like a potato, non-mashed.
Would never mash it with milk, as that would adulterate the flavour. something bland like a potato, yes, butter, pepper and milk.
Mark Willis - not as much fibre as potatoes, more like Jerusalem artichokes in texture, or mashed swede. Earthy, nutty taste like lentils.
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