Turnip/Swede?

lindadykes

Grated nutmeg added to mashed swede is delicious.

Molly41

How about Roasted Swede soup. There is a lovely recipe in Waitrose Magazine or this one courtesy of Anthony WT...

Cream roasted swede soup
Ingredients:
1 swede, peeled and cut into cubes,
3 tbsp olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 onion, finely chopped
2 carrots, finely sliced
2 stalks celery, finely sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
6 stalks fresh thyme, leaves only
1.25 litres/2 pints vegetable stock
142ml/5fl oz carton single cream
fresh thyme leaves to garnish

Preparation/ Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. 2. Place the cubes of swede in a roasting tray. Drizzle over two
tablespoons of the olive oil and season.
3. Roast in oven for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and tender, stirring occasionally.
4. Meanwhile, heat the remaining tablespoon of oil in a large heavy-based saucepan, stir in the onion, carrots, celery, garlic and thyme leaves and fry for 4-5 minutes until softened but not browned.
5. Add the roasted swede to the pan and pour over the stock. 6. Bring gently to the boil, cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes, stirring
occasionally.
7. Pur!e the soup in a food processor or liquidiser until completely smooth. Pass through a sieve for an extra fine texture if preferred.
8. Transfer the soup back to a clean saucepan. Stir in most of the cream, reserving some for garnishing. Gently heat through and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
9. Serve in warm bowls or a soup tureen and garnish with a swirl of cream, some fresh thyme leaves and freshly ground black pepper.

Im planning on making it soon but waiting for the weather to cool down first x

shandyclover

Some of you may know I lived in India and Pakistan as a child/teen while my parents were doing humanitarian aid. Some of the time we had a cook. Winter time he used to make something like this, throwing in fresh green chillies right before serving, his cure for a cold! - I don't have the actual recipe, but this comes close, taken from Stewarts of Tayside website. He would fry the curry powder for 60 secs with the onions, I don't think I've ever known Asians to just throw powdered spices in like we do, they always very lightly fry them to release the flavor/aroma.

Curried Cream of Swede Soup Serves 8
Ingredients
1 x large swede
1 x large onion
1.5L of stock
40g of butter
2 x teaspoons curry powder
Method
Roughly dice swede and chop onion
Melt butter in saucepan
Add onion and gently fry then add swede
Add stock and ½ of the curry powder
Salt & pepper Use hand blender to liquidise
Add curry powder & seasoning to taste
Bring to the boil and simmer for 1 hour
Tip: Best made the day before for full flavour. Serve with a dash of cream


Here's another recipe I found. Since my teens are all keen on Thai food I'll have to give it a try.


http://homeorganics.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/swede-as/

Pee

I love the taste of swede, so I might be the wrong person to ask. I usually have it in a stew or casserole, mashed usually on it's own, but it is nice with a little cream or creme fraiche. I have recipes on my to dop list of a gratin with swede and potatoes and a milk/cream sauce and swede and parsnip rostis - as I recall you boil the swede and parsnip and then grate and then fry in little cakes.

Gettingtherequickly

Disgusting vegetable cooked! But love it raw, simply diced and served in a bowl with dinner. Lovely crunchy effect:D

Stephen_Leak

I love the idea of calling this "Golden Mash".

ROOT VEGETABLE MASH

Serves 2

INGREDIENTS

375g of root vegetables, like butternut squash, carrot, parsnip, potato, swede or sweet potato
250ml of water
¼ of a teaspoon of salt
½ a tablespoon of butter
½ a tablespoon of milk
Ground pepper to taste

METHOD

Peel the vegetables and chop them into small pieces.

Put the water and salt into a saucepan on a medium heat. Add the vegetables. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat until it is just boiling (simmering). Put the lid on the saucepan and cook for 20 to 25 minutes until soft. Check the water level from time to time and top up if it starts to dry out.

Drain the vegetables and mash with the butter and milk until it is smooth and lump free. Season with the pepper.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Use any combination of vegetables.

Sprinkle 50g of grated Cheddar cheese on top of the vegetables, or even into it as it being mashed.

Use cream, either single or even double, instead of the milk.

Use just like mashed potato. You can even put it on top of a Cottage or Shepherd's Pie.

TIPS

New potatoes make rubbish mashed potato. Use old ones like King Edward’s or Desiree Reds.

meritaten

TY Stephen - my grandkids have very inventive names for foods! usually very descriptive and spot on.
such as Bubbly eggs - Scrambled
Flat eggs - ommelettes
Sun eggs - fried eggs
mini cabbages - sprouts
crunchy potatoes - roasties
Pink Sauce - Marie Rose sauce
brown mash - corned beef hash (i tend to mush it up a bit)

rising_from_the_ashes

I love swede!:D

It's one of the few vegetables I can eat (have to stick to the "roots" so just as well!:o)

Another fan of mashing with potatoes and carrots ..... (which I'll also put on top of shepherd's pie etc as others have said) as well as putting in soups in the winter.

However, my favourite is roasted ... yum!

It's also nice as a hash:

Quick & easy Swede & Bacon Hash

Ingredients (I'm a "chuck in what I've got" kind of person so do really badly with proper measurements):o

swede - 1
onion - 1
carrots - 3 or 4 depending on what I have
potatoes - quite a lot ....probably around 1lb
bacon - few rashers ... up to a 300g pack if it needs used up
olive oil

Method

Swede, potatoes & carrots - peel & chop into chunks
Onion - peel & chop
Bacon - chop up

Add swede, potatoes & carrots to pan of boiling water & simmer until cooked (about 20 mins)

After about 10 mins ....

Add olive oil to frying pan & heat
Add onion and bacon and gently fry for about 10 mins

Once the veg are cooked .... drain and add these to the bacon/onions in the frying pan

Gently toss mixture in frying pan until nicely browned (around 10 mins or so)

Season to taste & serve:D

tiff

Picked up 2 swedes from Tesco reduced to 8p each a few days ago and made soup with it last night. Cant believe how great it tastes, never thought you would get a nice soup from swede so thought I would share the recipe. Will definitely pick up a few more if I see them.

http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Environment%20and%20Waste/Waste/strategy/food/Recipes/CarrotSweedeSoup.aspx

hotcookie101

I can't remember if I read it on here, or somewhere else, but tonight I microwaved a whole turnip (or swede as they call it here in england ) and it was delicious-and SO much easier than peeling, chopping and mashing it .

I ADORE mashed turnip, so this easy way makes me happy.

It was a small one, and took about 14 minutes, then just halved it and scooped it out-perfect mashed turnip, just needed the liberal addition of black pepper

I foresee a lot more turnip in our future