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URGENT xmas dinner help!

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:D sorry ! there's always one eh ! - What can I do to tart up turnip ? The smell always reminds me of sheep and its putting me off. I like turnip if its creamy and soft and mashed, but I never seem to be able to do it ! All help gratefully accepted ty !

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  • sexki11en
    sexki11en Posts: 1,286 Forumite
    edited 25 December 2009 at 12:37PM
    Jamie did what looked like a beautiful roast veg selection including turnip
    http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/jamie-oliver/roast-vegetable-mega-mix-recipe_p_1.html

    It follows the principal of acid & oil. I've always roasted my veg with lemon juice so I guess it makes sense.

    HTH

    SK x
    After 4 years of heartache, 3 rounds of IVF and 1 loss :A - we are finally expecting our miracle Ki11en - May 2014 :j

    And a VERY surprise miracle in March 2017!
  • The obvious carrot and turnip mashed with butter and pepper.
    If it's just on it's own, add plenty of butter, so that the flavour of the butter is more dominant than the turnip, mash with a potato masher until it's how you like it.
    Curried turnip tastes wonderful! Fry onion add a teaspoon of cummin and coriander (one of each) and cubed turnip and fry for a few more minutes. Add a little water (enough to keep it moist), and cook until soft. add salt to taste.
  • mardatha wrote: »
    :D sorry ! there's always one eh ! - What can I do to tart up turnip ?

    When you say turnip, is that what we English call swede :confused: Is it sort of spherical and orange flesh (swede) or smaller, flatter, and white fleshed, with a purplish tinge (turnip) :D

    Penny. x
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    its white more than orange and it smells turnipy ! ty everybody I do like turnip but I canny cook it ! :)
  • flissh
    flissh Posts: 720 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Yummy. Mash it with loads of butter and black pepper, or roast it with honey or maple syrup. Add some herbs. Saw that on Jamie's Christmas cooky show thing. That's what I'm doing with my carrots and parsnips.
  • rosekitten
    rosekitten Posts: 1,812 Forumite
    lovely roasted with honey mmn
    :j:j:j
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    ok ty !! got some still boiling after about 7 hours lol, to be mashed with butter. Also some in the remoska to roast. Will let you know how it goes... shiver :)
  • Mardatha, put the turnip straight down the toilet. It stinks to high heaven eeeek. I hate the stuff with a vengeance. It's like someone's been let loose in your house with a wind issue. Have extra sprouts and make the smell yersel.

    I hope you had a lovely day, turnip or turnip-less.
    Grocery Challenge M: £450/£425.08 A: £400/£:eek:.May -£400/£361 June £380/£230 (pages 18 & 27 explain)
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    It was gorgeous ! but it does smell yes ...I opened all the windows and put the aromastone on ! I mashed it to hell with a load of butter and I et it all :)
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