Vegetable Spirals

Name: Vegetable Spirals (Serpentins de légumes)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 53 min
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 cucumber weighing 100 g (3½ oz); 100 g (3½ oz) butter; 2 turnips, weighing 200 g (7 oz) each; 2 carrots, weighing 200 g (7 oz) each; salt, freshly-ground pepper; salt, freshly-ground pepper

Serpentins de légumes

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

The Nouvelle Cuisine of Jean and Pierre Troisgros

By Jean Troisgros and Pierre Troisgros

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

2 turnips, weighing 200 g (7 oz) each
2 carrots, weig

Europe
France
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Use large vegetables for this dish. Cut the turnips into 2 cylinders 6 cm (2¼in) long and trim them. Using a very sharp, fine-bladed knife, peel off as long a ribbon as possible round each cylinder. Don’t worry if it breaks because it can still be used. Repeat this operation with the carrots, first blanching them whole for 3 minutes to make them more flexible, and then w