Boiled Rutabagas

Preparation info
  • FFR—

    6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1997

  • About

Here is another not-well-liked vegetable that is positively delicious if, again, one cooks it properly. It needs to be cooked very tender and is best coated in a mixture of reduced stock garnished with coarsely chopped Chinese mustard leaves. Enjoy with pork tenderloin or chops or cutlets.

Ingredients

  • 3 large rutabagas
  • Salt
  • Pepper from the mill
  • ½ cup excellent

Method

Peel the rutabagas, then cut them into sticks 2 inches long and ½ inch wide. “Turn”—that means remove all the angles of each stick so they do not break off in the water and make the vegetables look mushy. Turn