Haruko’s Wild Su Gobo Recipe

Haruko’s Wild Su Gobo Recipe

**special thanks to Haruko for sharing this.  this was the most asked for recipe at the Foragers' Feast**Enjoy...Before you get started you need to harvest Burdock roots you will need 8-10 roots, eachroot approximately 2.5ʼ - 3ʼ long.You need to gather acorns from the White Oak family of trees (Those are the trees withrounded lobed leaves) These need to be shelled and leached in the cold water or hotwater method to get the tannin out.INGREDIENTS:8-10 gobo (burdock roots)processed acorns (Oak nuts)cider vinegarsea salt or Himalayan fine saltmaple syrupwaterorganic sesame seeds (not hulled and can be white or black seeds)organic Tamari, (Brags) or shoyu (soya sauce)Variation: you can add steamed sweet potatoes, carrots or other squash to thisDIRECTIONS FOR GOBO:Scrape the skin off the gobo and cut into 2½ inch lengths, Slice lengthwise and eitherhand cut or use a vegetable slicer to shave into thin strips. Put gobo into a solution #1for at least 30 minutes. I let them soak overnight.SOLUTION #14 tbsp. cider vinegar4 tbsp. salt4 cups of waterI used 8 roots and found I needed to double this solutionBoil 2 quarts of water with 2 tbsp. vinegar and 2 tsp. salt. Add gobo. When gobo rises to thetop, drain well. While still hot put into a bowl and pour solution 2 over it. Mix well.SOLUTION #21/2 cup vinegar1/2 cup maple syrup(You may want to double this solution if the gobo root you used is quite large and thereforeneeding more. Taste and adjust to your own palate)DIRECTIONS FOR ACORNS (OAK NUTS):I leach the shelled acorns through several changes of cold water. You can save the firstwater bath which is brown as a laundry detergent for coloured clothing (not white as it willstain them tan). Taste test to make sure the bitterness is gone, if not keep leaching.There are several different ways to marinate acorns so try some of your ownmarinate recipes that will go with a sweet vegetable dish.I roasted the acorns after cutting them in half.Then slice each half into 4 slivers lengthwiseMy Acorn Marinate:1/4 cup of maple syrup4 tbsp. Tamari2 cups waterMarinate overnight.In a pot add 1/4 cup of Tamara with 4 tbsps of maple syrup and add the roasted acorns to itand cook for 4-5 minutes and drain.DIRECTIONS FOR SWEET POTATOES:Peel and cut into 1/2 inch cubes.Steam until tender but firmMix the sweet potatoes and burdock root with the solutionOnce thoroughly mixed spoon mixture into another dish and sprinkle with the acorns.Just before serving hot, sprinkle on the gomasio (toasted sesame seed mix)GOMASIO TOASTED SESAME SEED TOPPING:In a caste iron frying pan gently toast unhulled sesame seeds with sea salt /Himalayan salt and atsp. of dulse until lightly browned.Once cooled dump the mixture into a blender and blend only ontil the seeds look like the hullshave been broken up. Too much and the mixture turns into a paste like texture. The mixture isalso good on steamed vegetables, tofu and salads.. Keep refrigerated as sesame oil may gorancid in room temperature.