Ask Ottolenghi: how do you make beans and jerusalem artichokes less gassy?

A squeeze of lemon and double cooking does for your artichokes, while soaking should aid the digestion of beansHow can you cook beans – and jerusalem artichokes, for that matter – to make them less, er, gaseous?Stuart, Fukuoka, JapanFirst things first, there’s a reason that rhymes are written about beans (“Beans, beans are good for your heart, the more you eat the more you fart”) and that jerusalem artichokes are known as “fartichokes” (they contain something called inulin, an unusual type of carbohydrate that is pretty much indigestible). One obvious recommendation is just not to eat too many of either of them in one sitting. Continue reading...