Alastair Little

Turkish Braised Vegetables

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

#51Keep it Simple
Keep it Simple

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1993

  • About

The idea for this dish came from Claudia Roden's recipe for winter vegetables in olive oil. It works very well in the restaurant as it is equally good hot or cold. Turkish in origin, it manages to lift coarse root vegetables into a surprisingly light and refreshing dish.

Ingredients

  • 2 large carrots
  • 2 leeks
  • 2 turnips
  • 1 small c

Method

Mise en Place

Wash and peel the vegetables. Keeping the vegetables separate, chop them into uniform cubes about 2.5cm/1in across • Squeeze the juice from the lemons and reserve • If serving immed