Turnip Salad in Sour Cream

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

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

Vegetarian
Eastern Europe
Gluten-free

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