Kohlrabi & Carrots

"Kohlrabi is another veggie that seems hidden away. It has a mild turnip flavour and is delicious mixed with carrot or on it's own. Use it raw, chopped in a green salad. It' very, very good and a nice change. You may substitute turnip for the Kohlrabi in this recipe"
 
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Ready In:
23mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
4
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ingredients

  • 1 medium kohlrabi, Peeled, chopped into 3/4-inch cubes (about 2 cups)
  • 4 large carrots, cut into chunks to match the size of the kohlrabi
  • 14 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 tablespoon butter (optional)
  • salt and pepper
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directions

  • Cover the Kohlrabi and carrots with lightly salted water and boil until quite tender (about 15-20 minutes).
  • Drain.
  • Lightly mash, leave a lot of texture don't try to make them smooth like mashed potatoes.
  • Add nutmeg and butter.
  • serve.

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Reviews

  1. This was wonderful Bergy, I served it baked halibut and roasted new potatoes. It was quick and easy and the mixture of the 2 flavors, oh my. Scott loved it. I think it would go with anything. Great dish again Bergy. Its a keeper. Thanks Dancer^.
     
  2. This was surprisingly tasty. I got two little kohlrabi from my CSA, and never having had them, I did a search here. The recipe was very easy and the flavor was very nice. I wish I had more kohlrabi so I could make it again. I wasn't sure from the directions if I should peel the kohlrabi, but I did, and that seemed the right thing to do.
     
  3. We were kohlrabi virgins & needed a good first recipe, this was it. The only thing I might change is the nutmeg, because I use whole nutmeg & grind it freshly it was a bit overwhelming, but that's not the fault of the recipe. Thanks for a great recipe.
     
  4. Really good. I had kohlrabi from our CSA and had never had it before. It kind of reminds me of a cross btwn brocoli and parsnips. I really liked the nutmeg in it and never would have thought of that!
     
  5. This was great. It was our first attempt at kohlrabi and we have decided we like it a lot. We also had some raw on a salad yesterday and that was good too. I am sure we will be making this again. We didn't mash them.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Lovely simple flavours. I used organic purple kohlrabi from our weekly local CSA basket, organic purple and orange carrots unpeeled but I suggest for company you peel them as the skin falls off upon mashing, no nutmeg as we do not consume intoxicants (I tried my regular substitute of organic allspice but preferred it without), no optional butter although it would be delicious, grey sea salt, and freshly ground black pepper. This dish would go with just about anything! I love the flavour of kohlrabi..
     
  2. I added the butter and instead of the nutmeg I used dill. Wonderful! Great use of kohlrabi.
     

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