Root Vegetable Gratin – Notes From The Underground

[I promise yous enjoyed our showtime together with concluding Dostoevsky reference] Whenever I encounter those big piles of rutabagas at the market, I ever intend to myself, “who the heck is eating all these origin vegetables?”

I empathize that there’ve been times when nosotros literally had no selection – it was either gnaw on a parsnip or perish, exactly present amongst together with thus many other delicious choices, why would anyone swallow origin 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, piece you’ll never grab me boiling upwardly a batch of these fugly roots to relish their intoxicating sulphurous savoriness, I accept been known to tolerate them inward the occasional gratin.

Of course, I cheated together with added or together with thus potatoes to mellow things out, exactly still, all kidding aside, this is a really delicious together with enjoyable agency to swallow them, together with would brand a fantastic side dish for the holidays. And yes, I produce know that potatoes are tubers together with non roots, together with thus salve your emails. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 turnip

1 rutabaga

1 small-scale celery root

2 yukon gilt potatotes

1 parsnip

* origin vegetable sizes together with shapes vary, exactly bottom line, you’ll involve plenty to fill upwardly a nine x 13-inch casserole dish upwardly 3/4 of the way

salt to sense of savor (be certain to generously tabular array 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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