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Oca aka NZ yam. Recipes?

ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
in Fruit & veg
OH has harvested the first of our experimental oca crop in the polytunnel.   It looks good and healthy and is a very colourful pink but I'm having trouble finding recipes.

Anyone else grown it?  Cooked it?
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Plato

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    OK.  I had the same reaction to asparagus peas - pretty but horrid.

    I've found one recipe from NZ which roasts them with a bit of duck fat, orange zest and juice and a bit of honey.  Trying that tomorrow and will let you know.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I have had it roasted which was ok. I shudder at the expression "hacks" rather than "tips" but l found this
    https://nurturedinnorfolk.co.uk/7-delicious-oca-potato-hacks/
    The gnocchi might be worth a try ?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Thanks @AnniD.  Some odd ideas there!  Definitely not gnocchi as I don't like them in any shape of form but hadn't occurred to me that oca could be mashed.  One to try.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923
    i've roasted them, chipped them and grated them raw onto salads. all ok but not really worth them time and space to grow them really, the best thing is raw leaves in salads
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Thanks.  The leaves have all died down now but if they re-sprout I'll try some in salads.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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