Turnip Bake Recipes

TURNIP BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch casserole dish.
• Place turnip into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl.
• Mash turnip, 2 tablespoons butter, salt, and pepper together until smooth.
• Toss apples with 2 tablespoons brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Spread half the turnip mixture into the prepared casserole dish; top with half the apples. Repeat with remaining turnip mixture and apple mixture.
• Mix flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons softened butter by hand in a bowl until mixture is an evenly coarse meal-texture; sprinkle over casserole.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and bubbling, about 1 hour.

ROASTED TURNIPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Toss together the turnips, butter, thyme sprigs, shallots, olive oil and some salt and pepper in a 13-by-9-inch baking dish. Roast until the turnips begin to soften, about 30 minutes. Adjust the seasoning and serve.

TURNIP BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Place turnips in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10-12 minutes or until tender. Drain. , In a small bowl, combine turnips, 2 tablespoons butter and eggs. Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, pepper and nutmeg; add to turnip mixture and mix well. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking dish. , Melt remaining butter; toss with bread crumbs. Sprinkle over top. Bake, uncovered, 25-30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve immediately.

BAKED TURNIPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Peel the turnips and slice thinly. Using about 1/2 tablespoon of butter, butter well the bottom and sides of an oval gratin dish.
• Mix the Parmesan cheese with the salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne. Bring the milk or cream to a boil in a separate saucepan and keep hot.
• Layer turnip slices in the dish, dusting each layer with the spicy cheese mixture. When all the turnips are used up, pour the hot milk into the dish. Strew bread crumbs over the top and dot with the remaining butter.
• Bake, uncovered, for 45 to 50 minutes, until turnips are soft and have absorbed much of the liquid.

ROASTED TURNIPS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 400 F. While the oven heats, trim and peel the turnips. Tender baby turnips can be simply scrubbed instead of peeled, but their peel will still be a bit more fibrous than the tender insides. Leave baby turnips whole; cut bigger ones into 1-inch pieces.
• Put the prepared turnips in a baking pan or on a baking sheet. Drizzle them with olive oil. Use your hands or 2 large spoons to toss the turnips around a bit to coat them thoroughly with the oil. Sprinkle them with salt.
• Roast the turnips until they're tender and browned. Start checking them after about 30 minutes. Depending on their size and age, it may take up to an hour or more to become completely tender. Sprinkle with more salt and pepper, if you'd like, and serve.

SLICED TURNIP & BACON BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Heat half the butter in an ovenproof frying pan. Add the bacon and cook for a few mins, then add the thyme and onions, season and cook for a further 8-10 mins until the onions are soft and golden. Scoop the onions into a bowl, leaving the buttery juices in the pan.
• Off the heat, layer the sliced turnips in the pan with a scattering of fried onions, a sprinkling of cheese and some dots of butter between the layers. Season with a little salt and plenty of pepper as you go. Cover the pan with foil and bake for 1-1¼ hrs until the turnips are tender when prodded with the point of a knife. Leave the cake to relax for 5 mins. Turn it upside down onto a plate or board, then cut into wedges and serve.

MAKE-AHEAD TURNIP CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place turnips into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and return to the pot. Mash turnips; add butter and eggs.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, pepper, and nutmeg in a bowl and stir into turnips. Transfer mixture to a baking dish.
• Combine bread crumbs and melted butter and sprinkle on top of turnip mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light brown on top, about 25 minutes.

POTATO & TURNIP BAKE

Steps:

• Arrange potatoes, onions and turnip in layers in a lightly greased casserole dish.
• Whisk together the remaining ingredients and pour carefully over the vegetables.
• Bake, covered, in a moderate oven (180c) for 30 minutes.
• Remove cover and bake for a further 20 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.

CLASSIC TURNIP AND APPLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F; butter a casserole dish (or spray with Pam) and set aside.
• Peel and dice turnip (this can be a tough job, as turnips are very dense) and place in a large pot.
• Cover with cold, lightly salted water and bring to a boil.
• Boil until turnip is tender (this takes longer than potatoes, usually), then drain and return to the pot.
• Mash turnip with the 1 tbsp butter and cream; stir in 1/4 cup brown sugar and the cinnamon; set aside.
• Peel apples, core, and slice.
• In prepared casserole dish, layer 1/3 of the turnip, then half the sliced apples, then 1/3 of the turnip, then the remaining apples, then the remaining turnip; smooth top.
• At this point, you could cover the dish tightly and refrigerate for several hours; don't put topping on until you're ready to pop this into the oven.
• When ready to bake, combine topping ingredients in a small bowl until they are crumbly; sprinkle over top of turnip.
• Bake in preheated oven for one hour; serve.