Everyday Dorie: Butter-Glazed Turnips

January 8, 2021 at 5:22 pm | Posted in cook the book fridays, everyday dorie, groups, savory things, veggies | 8 Comments
Tags: everyday dorie, savory, vegetables, vegetarian

Turnip time often represents a low point on the “what’s in season” calendar. You rarely hear people talk about how excited they are to have turnips with dinner. This recipe for Butter-Glazed Turnips is an easy way to coax the best out of them. “Everything’s better with butter” is totally true, IMO, and a bit of honey and black pepper finishes a glaze that clings to the turnips and plays up their natural flavors.

I used Japanese Hakurei turnips here. They are so cute and small, and a bit sweet to begin with. Often, I buy them to eat raw in salads (and they usually have pretty green tops to sautée, too). I trimmed their tops and left them whole for this, and they were steamed through pretty quickly. I didn’t go further and caramelize them after they were cooked (although if I’d been using a larger variety that I’d cubed up, I definitely would have)…just rolled them around in the butter-honey glaze, gave them a grind of pepper, and ate them ate as a snack.

For the recipe, see Everyday Dorie by Dorie Greenspan, and head over to Cook the Book Fridays to see all that the group made this week.

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Cutest turnips!! They just look so appetizing! 😍

Comment by isthisakeeper— January 8, 2021 #

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Having turnips for a snack is something that never crossed my mind. But, what a good idea. and, nutritious and healthy. This are cute little guys to just pop in your mouth. Happy New Year.

Comment by Mary Hirsch— January 8, 2021 #

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I love Hakurei turnips, they are so sweet and flavorful. This sounds delightful. PS The state vegetable in Vermont is the Gilfeather turnip! We love them up here.

Comment by Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen— January 9, 2021 #

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- one of the other bloggers mentioned that in her post! i have actually had that variety and thought it was delicious!
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— January 9, 2021 #
  
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  - They are kind of ugly, but absolutely delicious!
    
    Comment by Dorothy's New Vintage Kitchen— January 9, 2021 #
I am learning quite a bit about turnips this week. I didn’t know about this Japanese variety, they do look cute. Butter does make everything better:)

Comment by Diane Zwang— January 9, 2021 #

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Turnips are widely used in Japanese cuisine, but didn’t pay much attention in the kind of turnips used. These Hakurei turnips look so special in your dish; they beg to be used.

Comment by Shirley @ EverOpenSauce— January 9, 2021 #

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These look so cute! I will have to look out for them!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— January 10, 2021 #

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