Ok, well I ended up cooking it for a good hour. The cheese sauce was FABULOUS... the jicama was still crunchy like apples. I had to warn Mike (my bf) to remember it was crunchy... because my first bite reminded me of under cooked potatoes... and it really turned my stomach.

I am thinking that I may need to boil them MUCH longer... some of the thin slices of jicama were soft like a potato would be... but most of them were still sweet and crunchy.

Mike, surprisingly, ate all that I put on his plate. I ended up licking off the cheeese...



We still have half the Jicama left over... so next I am either going to try to MASH it... or roast it. I found recipes for both.

but again, I am going to boil it LONGER to begin with.