Pascal is a maraîcher or truck gardener. He grows a lot of lettuce that he sells to both farmers’ markets and supermarkets. Besides lettuce, he also has turnips, mirabelles and probably some other vegetables and fruits that I haven’t discovered yet. He gifted me with some very young and tender turnips. Merci Pascal 🙂
Coming off an ice cream overdose, Pascal’s gift was timely. I immediately browned some lardons ,sliced some shallots and considered spinach for a possible iron deficiency 😉
Turnip Medley
1/2 cup lardons or bacon, diced
1 tbsp butter
2 large shallots, thinly sliced
1 lb young turnips, large dice
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp water
2 cups spinach, coarsely chopped
Brown and crisp the lardons in a large skillet then remove and set aside. Remove all but 1 tbsp of lardons fat from the skillet and add the butter. Add the shallots and saute until soft and a little brown, then remove and place with the lardons. Add the diced turnips to the skillet, season with salt and pepper, then stir and cook until a light brown.
Return the lardons and shallots to the skillet, add the vinegar and water, then cover and steam for about 3 minutes. Add the spinach and saute until just wilted.
Tasty looking little bits! Will surely try this recipe. Thanks, Pascal, for the inspiration!
Thank you Amber.
I can’t wait to try this one. 😉
Very easy and tasty!
I love turnips but Big Man doesn’t really “get” them 🙁 Think it’s a Spanish thing!
I wonder if it’s possible to make turnips with a Spanish twist?
Lots of garlic and pimenton perhaps?! I’ll have to give it a go 🙂
I’m with Big Man – I’ve never been a fan 😉
Ah, but then I’m convinced you’re mostly Spanish 😉
I do hope you are right 🙂
This looks great!
Thank you Red Velvet.
Whew! Just read your entire blog to find out why anyone would move from France to Pa. Now I know. Born and raised in Pa, I got out as soon as I could and only go back to visit family and friends. Try to buy a bottle of wine to take to friends’ dinner after 6 or on a Sunday!
Or just try to buy a drinkable bottle of wine at any time 🙂
Turnips are quite sweet – I bet you could make ice cream with them 😉
Bleah.
This one even has vodka in it:
http://www.newstalk.com/To-the-bitter-blend:-A-recipe-for-turnipflavoured-ice-cream
Lovely simple dish Rosemary.