(source: taste.com.au)
That, my friends, is a celariac. And it was one of the vegetables found in or CSA box this week. It's also known as celery root. Apparently, its flavor is a cross between celery and a parsnip.
Unlike the romanesco broccoli, I have tried celariac once before, but I've yet to make something with it. My sister, Becky, made me celariac and potato soup once and it was so delicious....so I might get that recipe from her or I might try this celeriac apple potato soup recipe. I also got potatoes and onions in my CSA and I still have a few apples from the orchard.
If you know of any good recipes that use celariac, send them my way! Thanks!
Update: I made the celeriac apple potato soup last night and it was awesome! Dave had three big bowls and he gave it 5 out of 5 jalapenos -- and he usually doesn't like soup for dinner.
And now that we've tasted it raw, I'll tell you that celeriac has the flavor of celery, but a consistency close to a carrot. It'd probably be yummy on a vegetable platter with dip.
Hi JB!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog! Celeriac is a wonderfully versatile vegetable. Of course you can make soup, but you can also boil it and mash it up, sort of like celery flavored mashed potatoes. I did a CSA a few summers ago, and I had so many root vegetables in one delivery that I just boiled them all and mashed them together with a bit of butter, cream, salt & pepper. It was delicious!
I'd love to see what you end up making with that! Looks like the kind of thing that would be delicious, prepared right!
ReplyDeletesomewhere (maybe martha stewart?) i saw a root vegetable soup that was something like potatoes, parsnips, turnips, yams, rutabegas, and some other stuff. i made it once and it was quite delicious and if i remember correctly, very easy to sub in other stuff.
ReplyDeleteI still want to eat dinner at your house!
ReplyDeleteEireann -- I'll have to find a soup recipe like that -- with the CSA we get gobs and gobs of different root vegetables.
ReplyDeleteGigi -- I should invite you guys over some time -- although I'd be hesitant about testing a new recipe on you!