Hakurei Turnips with Sweet Italian Sausage, Parmesan & Vincotto

Do yourself a favor and go outside and make a bonfire, grab some ingredients and a pan, gather round with a few interesting people to discuss the day over a bottle of Nebbiolo, and watch the magic unfold.

Wood-fired cookery is the key to this dish. The smoke of wood embers does something special to fatty sausages and baby turnips cooked in a cast-iron skillet. Hakurei turnips are a mild, sweet, marshmallow-white Japanese variety. They can be enjoyed raw like a radish, pickled, slowl