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This is a very flavorful, “umami” packed dish, and is great as an accompaniment to robust dishes like grilled steak, or milder dishes such as a white fish or chicken as a contrast item. You could add orange juice to the miso for a sweeter range of flavor. You can also add radishes to the dish. Blanch for only a few seconds if they are spicy, then add in with the turnips. Roasting radishes produces juicy colorful chunks that are very mildly spicy. A quick sauté of the greens makes a perfect bed for the turnips. If you don’t have the greens, skip that part of the recipe.
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Carrots and mint, carrots and basil, these seem a natural combo. Adding the caramelized Tokyo turnips adds just a touch of bitter to the mix which contrasts nicely with the sweet carrots. If using purple carrots, keep the turnips separate until serving so the color of the carrots doesn’t make the turnips look smudgy. As bunches of everything vary, you want an equal amount, or slightly more carrots than turnips.
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This dish will work perfectly with Tokyo or Harukei turnips as well as the scarlet turnips, although I would be less sanguine about success with full-sized red-topped or white turnips. If the greens are present and tender, you should add them to the dish. This dish is sort of a 2 for 1-the roasted turnips for 1, the sautéed greens for 2.
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All these vegetables come from the earthy funky side of the taste palette, so the orange juice adds a little sweet to act as a foil, and the soy sauce helps pull all the elements together. The fushimi and manganji peppers are Japanese heirloom chilies, and like shishito are not spicy. They taste like amplified versions of shishito, with the long and thin fushimi having a slight sweetness to it, while the fatter and all around bigger manganji has thicker walls give meatiness along with a full flavor that has subtle sweetness along with umami that I can only characterize as “green-ness”.
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This recipe is a sort of faux turnip kimchee, and uses gochujang to bring deep flavor and heat to a simple quickle, which is great all on its own. Using the gochujang really transforms the dish in an almost Cinderella fashion. What is gochujang? You could almost call it the ketchup of Korea- a funky, sweet, salty, nutty paste of fermented soybeans (kind of like miso, but not…) and peppers. The heat can vary, but it will be there. Anything from mild to fairly spicy, it is pasty and thick, and is usually cut with something to thin it a little, and ginger and garlic are often added to up the umami already there. Try adding spoonsful to soups, stews, marinades, and rubs and see how great it is. Here, it simulates the flavor fermentation would bring to these quick pickles, and brings the heat.
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This could be considered a hearty miso soup, or a stew. To add more depth of flavor to the dish, make your dashi using “blond” vegetable stock (see recipe on site). They type of miso will also affect the flavor a lot, with white miso being lighter and sweeter in flavor, whereas red miso tends to be deeper flavored and saltier. For a flavorful contrast, you could quickle the stems from the turnip greens if they are thick and use them as a garnish. Adding dumplings of some sort will certainly make the dish more substantial, as would adding noodles.
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This is a dish of bolder flavors with hints of bitterness to it, so it goes well with fattier dishes such as pork chops, chicken thighs, or things with cheese or cream in them. If you wish, you can dice the chard stems and use them, but they will add more of the “fuzzy teeth” feeling to the dish. Save them with the turnip greens for a stuffing for ravioli or pork chops instead.
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INGREDIENTS:
1 bunch Tokyo turnips*, washed well and cut into ½-inch wedges 2-3 firm apples, sweet-tart, cut into ½-inch wedges, seeds removed 1 small white or yellow onion, finely diced 2 tablespoons cider vinegar ½ cup apple cider 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more as needed 2-3 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves roughly chopped Salt and Pepper to tasteContinue reading »
The silky butter lettuces contrast with the crunch of the broccoli and the crisp bite of the turnip dice fills in for croutons. The broccoli (and turnips) can be made ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator, and the broccoli is great as is for a snack or a side, or you can even chop it up and add it to a sandwich.
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The uncut turnips reminded me of eggs, the fluffy kale the nest. Sweet maple syrup with the slightly sharp turnips and the tart vinegar with the earthy kale and turnip greens (if you get them) combine to make a complex sweet and sour dish of humble origins. Try playing with the vinegars and sweeteners for variations to match other dishes in the meal.
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Turnips are a root vegetable commonly associated with potatoes or beets, but their closest relatives are radishes and arugula, which are also members of the mustard family. They are packed with Vitamin C.
We offer purple-top turnips and Tokyo turnips.
Purple top turnips are a larger variety.
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This recipe was recommended by one of our members as an easy way to make delicious turnips. It is adapted from her ayurvedic cookbook. It is to be served with rice or other grains.
INGREDIENTS:
2 tsp oil 1/2 tsp whole cumin seeds 1 small onion 1 tsp minced garlic 8 cups turnips peeled and cubed 1/4 cup water 1/2 tsp turmeric 1 tsp sea salt cayenne pepper to taste 1 tsp maple syrupMETHOD:
Heat oil in a large pot on medium high. Add cumin seeds and let sizzle for 30 seconds. Add onions and saute for 4-5 minutes until golden. Add garlic and ginger and saute for one minute. Add turnips, water, turmeric, salt and cayenne. Toss to mix. Reduce heat to medium. Cover with lid and cook for 30-40 minutes until turnips are soft. Add more liquid if needed. Add maple syrup and mash. Season to taste.
This dish is easy to throw together and has big impact in the flavor department. Given that vegetable sizes are not exact, the measurements for the oil, butter, and salt are more of a guideline, really, and should be adjusted as needed. Be sure not to have too much liquid in the pan bottom or you may get mushy vegetables. A little bit of liquid in the pan bottom is fine, and will make a nice sauce at the end to be poured over the vegetables. If you do not have the turnips, skip them and use more parsnips or try adding carrots. Cut the carrots like the parsnips, but maybe a little smaller as parsnips cook faster than carrots. You could also use leeks here. Try cutting a leek on the diagonal into 1-inch long rounds and adding them into the mix.
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Sort of like mashed potatoes, but with turnips and onions. There are some great tasting yellow fleshed potatoes appearing at market right now and these give a great nutty and sweet flavor to the mash. The potato is there to add texture and to soften the sharpness turnip sometimes has. If you do not have these potatoes, use a russet instead. I like the scallions for their bright flavor and lighter oniony-ness. Feel free to substitute leek or brown onion if you don’t have scallions.
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