Favorite Root Vegetables
All right, it's getting chilly up here, so I wanted to ask - what's your favorite root vegetable besides the usual carrots and potatoes? I'm seeing such an array of turnips, rutabagas, parsnips and celeriac, and I want to know what's good and what I should do with it.
I made the turnip caldo verde from Batali's trip to Spain, and I want more!
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18 Comments:
My favorite is gobo for stews, soups, and pickled. There's daikon also...for the same reason! There is no such thing as too much grated daikon with tempura tsuyu, and I love a good takuan.
Cassaendra at 6:25PM on 11/06/08
PARSNIPS!
Pavlov at 6:29PM on 11/06/08
beets are without-a-doubt way up top for me. raw, roasted, pickled...and especially in soups. i tried this one last year with a bit more ginger than called for.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/dining/231vrex.html?ref=dining
gradient at 6:32PM on 11/06/08
Roasted beets tossed while still warm with olive oil, lemon juice and paprika. Also, steamed rutabagas mashed together with butter and sour cream. I make this every Thanksgiving in memory of my dad. He and I were the only ones that would eat it during the holidays. It was "our" side dish.
Amandarama at 6:47PM on 11/06/08
Parsnips...I'm with Pavlov. Last week I made a wonderful cream of parsnip soup, with some celeriac, celery & a potato thrown in for good measure. After pureeing everything, I crumbled a small amount of Point Reyes Blue cheese in for good measure...it was heaven in a bowl! Blue cheese & parsnips go together very well.
Celeriac is my second favorite root veggie...I discovered it last year...I just wish it wasn't so expensive.
mepolo at 7:08PM on 11/06/08
Parsnips cooked around a roast or your turkey, beets sliced and roasted then tossed into sauteed onions and bacon add the greens too! Mashed rutabagas - I'm getting hungry for some ROOTS!!!!
joanpieroni2 at 7:20PM on 11/06/08
I love beets - in homemade borscht or pickled raw in the fridge. Celeriac and leek risotto is also a winter favorite, and sweet potatoes roasted in the oven with olive oil, salt, and a bit of smoky chile powder and a pinch of cayenne - yum.
producestories at 7:37PM on 11/06/08
Beets, celery root, carrots, parsnips, onions, garlic, almost any of them.
beth1 at 7:55PM on 11/06/08
^ Ditto beth1
izatryt at 8:35PM on 11/06/08
carrots and parsnips cooked around roast meat
snowmoonelk at 3:57AM on 11/07/08
Roasted beets, done plain and simple. And I'll toss anything that came from the ground with rosemary and olive oil and throw it into a hot oven.
NuJoi at 8:48AM on 11/07/08
favorites for me is sweet potatoes, parsnips, carrots and onion... roasted very simply in the oven. so good!
Alm25 at 9:50AM on 11/07/08
When I think of my mom's chicken soup, I think of turnips, parsnips and carrots. They're all great root veggies!
Hillary
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Chew on That at 12:02PM on 11/07/08
Count me in the beet category - LOVE them, even like the greens!
GolfGirl at 6:12PM on 11/07/08
Beets, parsnips, turnips, rutabagas, celery root, sweet potatoes, yams, carrots - all of them are on my favorite list - but beets and parsnips win! I could eat them until I pop!
Fanciesmom at 8:06PM on 11/07/08
BEETS! Love them!
SayWhat at 8:51PM on 11/07/08
I like them all, but winter makes me think of rutabagas. Unadorned except for butter and a little salt.
dbcurrie at 9:48PM on 11/07/08
i crave carrots and turnips mashed together.
dearrie at 1:53PM on 11/08/08