Turnip

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Turnips have a white-pepper-like flavor combined with a rustic, root-vegetable sweetness, and pair well with similarly earthy, robust ingredients. Their main limitation is textural rather than flavor-based, as they tend toward wateriness. Turnips can be eaten raw, especially when young and small, when their flavor has much in common with radish. This entry also covers turnip greens.

Pairs well with turnip

• EaPotatoTurnip's peppery, white-pepper-like flavor combined with potato evokes a Cornish pasty; layered with shallots and cream, the pair makes an…
• CiOrangeAn old turnip variety called Orange Jelly (also known as Golden Ball) is prized for a nutty flavor with a hint of bitter almond and a…
• FfHoneyTurnip and cabbage, the parents of rutabaga, share a cruciferous appreciation for a touch of sweetness to offset their bitterness.
• EaCuminPunjabi cooking includes many turnip dishes spiced with cumin, coriander, turmeric and ginger (shalgam ki sabji, shalgam masala).
• WoCarrotSalgam is a fermented Turkish drink made from purple carrots, turnip juice, bulgur and whole wheat flour, with a briny flavor that can…
• CrDateThe Iraqi Jewish dish shalgham helu is sweet, stewed turnip, traditionally sold from street carts as an after-school snack.
• EaChickpeaPink pickled turnip, colored and given a hint of earthy sweetness by beets, is a classic accompaniment to chickpea dishes like falafel,…
• GrLettuceSmall home-grown turnips can be cooked in butter with their greens added to the pan, or made into a soup; chefs including Alice Waters…
• EaSplit peaA well-known 19th-century French soup combined turnip with fresh green peas, and turnip was a common addition to the aromatic base (with…