Root Vegetable Gratin – Notes From The Underground

[I promise y'all enjoyed our kickoff in addition to end Dostoevsky reference] Whenever I run across those big piles of rutabagas at the market, I e'er mean value to myself, “who the heck is eating all these rootage vegetables?” 

I sympathise that there’ve been times when nosotros literally had no alternative – it was either gnaw on a parsnip or perish, simply demonstrate amongst in addition to then many other delicious choices, why would anyone consume rootage vegetables on purpose? Has anyone ever stumbled out of a smoky dorm room belatedly at night, inward search of a big plate of steamed turnips? Probably not. 

So, spell you’ll never grab me boiling upwards a batch of these fugly roots to savor their intoxicating sulphurous savoriness, I convey been known to tolerate them inward the occasional gratin.

Of course, I cheated in addition to added around potatoes to mellow things out, simply still, all kidding aside, this is a really delicious in addition to enjoyable means to consume them, in addition to would brand a fantastic side dish for the holidays. And yes, I create know that potatoes are tubers in addition to non roots, in addition to then salve your emails. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 turnip

1 rutabaga

1 small-scale celery root

2 yukon golden potatotes

1 parsnip

* rootage vegetable sizes in addition to shapes vary, simply bottom line, you’ll need plenty to create total a nine ten 13-inch casserole dish upwards 3/4 of the way

salt to sense of savor (be certain to generously common salt the boiling water!)

2 tsp olive oil

2 tbsp butter

3 cloves minced garlic

1 loving cup cream

pinch of nutmeg

pinch of cayenne

1 tbsp fresh picked thyme leaves

1 1/4 loving cup chicken broth

1/4 loving cup finely grated Parmesan cheese, divided

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