Parsnips??

[dukas68]

Can anyone give me any tips on what to do with them and what they go with thanks

[andyjevs]

Cut into halves or chunks, drizzle a little olive oil and some runny honey and roast in an oven @ 200 for half hour.

Or, cut up, put in a roasting tray with some peppars, red onions, shallots, carrots, broccoli and any other veg, drizzle with olive oil, add some garlic cloves and sprigs of rosemary and roast.

Can be eaten with any meat as part of a roast dinner.

Enjoy

[boobesque]

Peel them and quater them lengthways, par boil for 7-10 minutes, toss in runny hunny and roast for 25-30 mins, delicious. This can be used with a roast or as an addition to chops and the like.

Also they go well in a good casserole, chop into quite big chunks for a bit of substance. I also use them in soups as well. They go particularly well with carrots in either use.

[gary baldy]

You can mash them up with lots of butter and black pepper (and a bit of cream!)
You can mash them up with carrots or do as the Scots do and mash them with potatoes (tatties and nips i think they call it!)

[maxi29]

Besides roasting them, I use them in soups (slightly curried) and I also make a parsnip and banana curry as a side dish for an Indian meal.

[wendilla]

To Gary Baldy thought i would just put it right for you before you get lynched TATTIES AND NEEPS. happy new year

[wendilla]

sorry you were right it is parsnips you are on about.

[dukas68]

Thanks folk , I'm off to cook them .........

[JuliaSix]

Parsnip Roast. (yum yum)

Boil then mash the parsnips, with some lightly fried onion, grated cheese, bread crumbs and two whisked eggs. Cook in the oven at gas no. 6 for 45 mins. Check freqently (some ovens are dodgy!) Serve with a spicey tomato sauce. Really nice. Enjoy.

[Quizmonster]

'Neeps', as in 'tatties and neeps' refers to swedes generally - having originated from 'turnips' - and have nothing to do with parsnips!
Nobody seems to have mentioned the idea of cutting out the hard core of parsnips. I invariably cut them lengthwise in four and carefully slice out the core before doing anything else with them...generally just roasting.

[Quizmonster]

Click here for a parsnip recipe and a tip on dealing with the core.

[WendyS]

We grow our own so always have an embarrassing surfeit. Try parsnip, onion & apple soup for something usual with a little zizz. . No fixed quantities - just fry a selection of these three chopped veggies in a pan until soft, stir in a teaspoon of curry paste and some water into which a chicken stock cube has been dissolved. Simmer for 15 minutes then blend in a food processor or with a hand held pulse whizzer.

[pinkflamin]

forget all the other answers on here

just parboil with a tiny bit of salt and then roast

superb

[jangran]

parsnips treated just like potatoes as for chips are beautiful or even roasted with a little maple syrup drizzled are fab we tried this on chritmas day.