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Daily dish: Mashed potatoes and turnips
Who knew turnips would "mash" like a potato?  
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Tags: dining month, daily dish, turnips, csa, farms, eat local, pinehold gardens

October is Dining Month on OnMilwaukee.com. All month, we're stuffed with restaurant reviews, special features, chef profiles and unique articles on everything food. Bon appetit!

Just before the summer season this year, we committed to joining a local CSA, which stands for community supported agriculture. We chose Pinehold Gardens, a 21-acre CSA farm in Oak Creek.

For the past 18 weeks we have received hearty vegetable shares, the contents of which shift with the changing harvesting season. Now that we're well into October, late season crops such as turnips, leeks and kale are prevalent. I'm something of a novice when it comes to cooking root vegetables, but thankfully each week's box of veggies comes with a newsletter and three or four recipes involving the included produce.

Last week we received a recipe for mashed potatoes and turnips with sautéed onions and greens, submitted by CSA member Annie Wegner. We made it, it was a success and now I'd like to share it with you during OnMilwaukee.com's Dining Month.

Ingredients:
2 lbs. Potatoes, cut into medium chunks
3/4 lb. Turnips, cut into medium chunks
1 Thyme sprig
Salt and pepper to taste
3 oz. Goat cheese and / or butter to taste

(Optional)
1 Tbsp. butter plus 2 tsp. olive oil (or all olive oil)
2 large onions, sliced 1/4 -in. thick
1 lb. Turnip greens

Directions:
Put the potatoes and turnips in a pot, cover with cold water and add the thyme and 2 tsp. salt. Bring to a boil and cook uncovered until soft, 20-25 mins. Drain, then mash, adding cooking water of needed to thin the vegetables and add the cheese and / or butter. Taste for salt and season with pepper. Keep warm until ready to serve.

Melt the butter with the oil in a large cast-iron or nonstick skillet. Add the onions and cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently until golden or tender, 12-15 mins. Season with salt and pepper and turn off heat.

Steam turnip greens until tender. Pat dry and add to pan with onions. To serve, mound the potato / turnips mash on a platter and smother it with the onions and greens.

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Posted by zappa on Oct. 15, 2008 at 12:08 p.m. (report)

however, their isn't anything wrong with a litte texture contrast. mash if you must.

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Posted by belle123 on Oct. 15, 2008 at 10:17 a.m. (report)

For perfect non-lumpy mashed potatoes use a potato ricer instead of mashing - it makes the best texture and is super easy to use! I got one as a wedding gift and I will never go back to mashing - EVER!

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