Name: Turnip Salad in Sour Cream
Yield: Serves Four
Ingredients: salt and ground black pepper chopped; 2–4 young, tender turnips, peeled; fresh parsley or paprika, to garnish; ¼–½ onion, finely chopped; 2–3 drops white wine vinegar, or to taste; 60–90 ml/4–6 tbsp sour cream

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

This Ashkenazic sour cream-dressed salad was once eaten by all of Eastern Europe’s Jews. Sometimes it was made with large black radishes instead of Turnips.

Ingredients

2–4 young, tender turnips, peeled
¼–½ onion, finely chopped
2–3 drops

Method

Thinly slice or coarsely grate the turnips. Alternatively, thinly slice half the turnips and grate the remaining half. Put in a bowl.
Add the onion, vinegar, salt and pepper, toss together then stir in the sour cream. Serve chilled, g