This wonderfully creamy Parmesan parsnip puree is a great side dish. It can be served when having friends for dinner or as part of a holiday meal. We love the smoky bacon flavor. If you're unfamiliar, parsnips are a root vegetable that looks like a white carrot. Its flavor, though, is less sweet and more earthy. I was going to go to the grocery store and I asked my husband which veggies he wanted. He then proceeded to go on a giant rant about parsnips, and how in the farm country where he grew up parsnips were cheap, 50 cents for 3lbs. They'd walk 5 miles in the snow uphill both ways for it or something like that. Whatever, he basically made a big deal that I get parsnips. Turns out parsnips here in urbanized Jacksonville Florida are not 50 cents for 3 lbs... it was $3 for 1lb! Here's to you honey, and your exasperatingly expensive parsnips. Hope it was worth it!
Ingredients :
- 1 pound(s) parsnips
- peeled and sliced
- 4 slice(s) thick cut bacon
- chopped
- 4 tablespoon(s) Parmigiano Reggiano
- grated
- 2 cup(s) heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cup(s) milk
- 1 - bay leaf
- 2 sprig(s) thyme
- fresh
- 2 tablespoon(s) butter
- unsalted
- 2 clove(s) garlic
- peeled and crushed
- 1 small shallot
- minced
- - salt and pepper
- to taste
Intructions :
- Salt and pepper sliced parsnips liberally. Place them in a pot and cover with cream and milk.
- Add bay leaf
- crushed garlic
- and thyme to the pot. Bring pot to a low simmer
- watching cautiously and stirring frequently so the cream does not singe to the bottom of the pot. Simmer for 15 minutes or until parsnips are tender.
- Meanwhile
- in another pan fry bacon until crispy. Add minced shallot to bacon and toss until translucent. Remove from heat and drain excess fat. Set aside.
- Once parsnips are tender
- strain parsnips from the cream
- reserving the excess cream. Remove and dispose of bay leaf and thyme sprigs.
- In a food processor or with an immersion blender
- puree parsnips with butter. Add some of the excess cream you cooked the parsnips in if you need to thin out your puree.
- Add crispy bacon and Parmesan to the puree
- pulsing lightly to incorporate into the puree. Salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.
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