by Bob Ross » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:35 am
Jenise, here's a self made recipe -- inspired by your IOTM -- that works beautifully:
Ingredients:
2 lbs parsnips, peeled, stringy cores removed, chopped
3 Tbsp butter, melted
1 1/2 cup water
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
Salt and pepper to taste
Technique:
1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Peel and wash parsnips, make a cut off the top of the fat end of each parsnip, cut around the inner core, medium dice outer layer of sweeter root.
2. Melt the butter, coat the turnip dice, spread on roasting pan, and roast for 20 to 25 minutes, at 400°F, until lightly golden, turning the parsnips once half-way through the roasting.
3. Blend or process roasted turnips with the water, and pulse until puréed to the desired consistency. Add more water if necessary. Add nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste.
This makes a great side dish -- I served it with roasted vegetables and grilled peppered tuna -- it will be a nice addition to any roasted vegetable dinner, and perhaps others.
Cook's Notes:
a. The roasting adds an interesting taste note -- we loved the additional richness.
b. Cutting the wide end is important; you need to get the tough stringy interior out of the dish. This will show you extent of the inner core. Often this core is stringy and woody, especially at the larger end of the parsnip. Cut the end off, set it up on end, cut vertically down, and take out the core -- I used a sharpened melon ball spoon -- although there are probably easier methods. [Worth whatever work it takes.]
Regards, Bob
