Rock on a Roll #3 2007

Robert's Most Yum Turnip Greens with Diced Turnips
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Robert's Most Yum Roasted Carrots, Turnips and Garlic with Pineapple Juice and Toasted Walnuts


The magic word is simmer.

turnip greens
Ingredients
turnip greens
turnip roots
water
red wine vinegar
Kosher coarse salt

Procedure
Prepare greens by stripping the leaves from the stems.
Clean the leaves in 3X rinses of cold clean water.
Clean the turnip roots, peel, and dice them.
Bring a pot of cold water to boil and add the diced turnip roots.
Boil the diced turnip roots and simmer until they are soft.
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of cold water to boil and add the greens.
Boil the greens and then simmer until the greens are soft.
Add the cooked diced turnip roots.
Add red wine vinegar to taste.
Add Kosher coarse salt to taste.

Roasted carrots
Ingredients
carrots
turnip roots
fresh garlic clove
corn oil
pineapple juice
toasted walnuts
Kosher coarse salt

Procedure
Wash and slice the carrots into thin circles.
Chop the turnip tubers into pieces as large as the carrot circles.
Coat the carrot and turnip pieces with corn oil; then drain the oil from the pieces.
Add a large clove of garlic; remove the garlic before it turns dark brown.
Bake in a 375 degree (F) oven until the pieces are tender.
Cover the nearly cooked pieces with pineapple juice which has been heated to boiling.
Add Kosher coarse salt to taste.

Toast walnuts for 8 minutes at 375 degree (F).
Place the toasted walnuts over the top of the cooked carrots and turnips.