Turnip stew - just delicious!

January 2nd, 2018 | main dishes

After all that festive roasts and gourmet buffets we feel like cooking something pretty simple. Outside it’s cold and dark and new year still seems to be a bit unreal and strange. Could there be anything better than a fine warming stew with an almost forgotten vegetable, the turnip?

Many people consider turnips to be cattle feed, whereas older people don’t like to remember this vegetable because during World War I and II often it was the only available food. I’d love to see this vegetable getting popular again!

Turnip Stew

(Serves 8 – Stewing time: ca. 1.5 hours – Preparing time: ca 30 minutes)

1 kg prime rib

boil in 1,5 l water with 2 ts salt for about 1 hour

1 turnip (ca. 1,400 g)

800 g potatoes

4 carrots

cut in cubes

2 onions

dice finely, remove the meat from the stock, cut it into bite-sized cubes, boil the vegetables and onions in the stock for 30 minutes, mash a bit

pepper, salt

season

flat leaf parsley, chopped

warm the meat cubes in the soup and serve garnished with parsley

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