Question: where can I buy Vegetable Ash?
By: Kate
Published: January 22, 2012

I had an amazing meal at Volt in Frederick, MD and they used vegetable ash in their ravioli dough. I make my own ravioli at home and wanted to give it a try. After an extensive google search, all I could find were recipes to make vegetable ash. Does anyone know where I can buy/order prepared vegetable ash?

Answers:
Alisa Escanlar

Vegetable Ash is easy to make according to Chef Jonathan Gushue, executive chef at Langdon Hall in Cambridge, Ont. He makes vegetable ash out of carrots, onions and the tough, fibrous green tops of leeks. He grills them until they’re nearly black and then bakes them in the oven until they’re completely dehydrated. He then mixes the ash with cold-pressed canola oil or soybean oil to create a sauce that he serves with lobster or crab. The ash brings a bit of an acidic taste, not to mention a new, unexpected flavour, to the rich protein, he says.