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Creamed Turnips

Creamed Turnips is a casserole of boiled turnips mixed with margarine, sugar, salt, pepper, and topped with slivered almonds.

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Why it works: Turnip and almond share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 54 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Creamed Turnips

Oven350°F
Time20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the turnips

  1. Peel and slice turnips, then cover with water and boil until tender.

Make the mash

  1. Drain and mash, then add margarine, sugar, salt and pepper, then mix until smooth and creamy.

Assemble and bake

  1. Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray, then pour the turnip mixture into the casserole and top with slivered almonds.

  2. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

198Calories
2 gProtein
12 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Turnip1 medium (122g)34
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Turnip + almondtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Turnip + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,252 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Almond + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,679 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  4. Almond + peppertop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,566 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Turnip + sugartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,330 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Turnips
Form the bulk of the dish, giving it its body and mild, sweet-earthy flavor once mashed.
Margarine
Adds fat, which makes the mash smooth, rich and creamy.
Slivered almonds
Toast and brown in the oven, adding crunch and nutty aroma to the soft mash.
Sugar
Adds a touch of sweetness that balances the slightly bitter edge of turnips.

The step that matters

Boil the turnips until fully tender. Turnips must be fully softened before mashing; undercooked pieces stay firm and grainy, so the mash will not become smooth and creamy.

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turnip, sugar, pepper):

  1. Chestnutfits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turnip, sugar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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