Chinese artichoke

Stachys adulterina, S. affinis

root · vegetable

Small pearly tubers like strings of beads, from a plant of the mint family, with a delicate taste recalling artichoke; lightly sautéed or raw.

Origin

China and Japan

Season (United States)

November to February

Preparation

It is eaten with its thin skin: rubbed in a cloth with coarse salt, it is clean.

Did you know?

Despite its French name of Japanese crosne, it comes from north-western China; it is named after Crosne, in Essonne, where it was first grown in France in 1882.