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desperance ([personal profile] desperance) wrote2008-11-29 07:00 pm

Parsnip fritters

Really, nothing could be simpler.

Peel your parsnips, cut them into chunks and boil same 'til done: on the order of twenty minutes, tho' it might be less.

Add salt and pepper, and mash same. Then stir in a finely chopped onion, a tablespoon of flour and an egg. Beat all together.

With floury hands, mould the puree into flattish cakes (it will be sticky: more flour! more flour!) and fry in hot lard (or oil, but I think it's crispier in lard) until crispy on one side; turn over, and crisp on the other.

I ate these last night with oxtail stew, and they were yummy. You could add spices, other vegetables, herbs. Whatever goes well with that sweet rootiness of parsnip.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/ 2008-11-29 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
And presumably one could also use, say, turnips, instead? (Yes. I know. Heresy. But I prefer turnips.)

[identity profile] desperance.livejournal.com 2008-11-29 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup. Any root veg, I reckon. Or combination thereof.