Turnip-tops
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the young turnip tops and remove all stalks and withered leaves.
Boil a large pot of water and add a generous amount of coarse sea salt.
Cook and serve
Add the turnip tops to the boiling water and cook until tender.
Drain and serve like spinach.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Young turnip-tops
- Provide the leafy vegetable that is cooked and served as the dish.
“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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