INGREDIENTS
This is what you need for 2 servings:
- 2-4 medium-sized turnips
Pic7: 2019-10-28 —boiled turnips with cranberry sauceDirections
- Peel the turnips.
- Boil in soup until nearly soft.
If you want to mash the turnips, e.g. for stoemp, boil until completely soft. - Serve and enjoy.
turnips
A root vegetable that is very popular in Europe.
a. growing turnips at home
2013
Turnips are cool-weather plants that can be grown the same way as radishes, but thinned at greater distances of course for the greater diameter of the root bulb.
Directions
- The roots of the white turnips are smaller and mature much faster than rutabagas. The turnip variety 'Tokyo Cross' requires only 35 days to produce round white turnips that can be used like radishes. Immature turnip tops are frequently used as greens and can be frozen or canned.
- Growing turnips should be done with seeds in the soil about 1/2 inch deep at a rate of three to 20 seeds per foot.
- Water immediately after planting to speed germination.
- Once you find your turnips growing, thin the plants to about 4 inches (10 cm.) apart to give the plants plenty of room to form good roots.
- When planting turnips, plant them at ten-day intervals, which will allow you to grow turnips for harvesting every couple of weeks throughout the season.
- Come summertime, about 45 to 50 days after planting, you can pull a turnip up and see if it’s ready for harvest. Start harvesting turnips once you find a mature turnip.
- Summer turnips are more tender. Growing turnips to produce in late fall produces a hardier variety that stores well in the drawer in the refrigerator or a cool, dry place. You can use them throughout the winter.
- Having a vegetable crop you can actually use throughout the winter is a nice thing when you have a garden. Harvesting turnips can make a great root cellar vegetable for storing along with carrots, rutabagas and beets.
internet pictures
Pic1: turnip seedlingsPic2: immature turnips
Pic3: mature turnips
- turnip seedlings look very much like radish seedlings
- Closely-sowed immature turnips can be used as radishes or for the greens.
- Don't let the turnips get too big. Medium-sized turnips have the best flavor.
- Allow a few turnips to go to seed to harvest seed for next growing season.
internet pictures
Pic4: turnip greensPic5: container planting
Pic6: turnip microgreens
b. boiled turnips
2019-10-28 a.o.
I often add a few turnips to mixed vegetable winter soups where they add a distinct flavor without overpowering too much.
Turnips can be washed and boiled without peeling them. The peel will come off very easily after cooking.