To Boil Parsnips
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Scrape the parsnips and soak them in cold, salted water for 20 minutes.
If the parsnips are old, peel them carefully and split them lengthwise.
Boil and serve
For young parsnips, place them in salted boiling water for 30 to 45 minutes.
For old parsnips, boil for more than 1 hour and 15 minutes until tender.
Drain and serve as desired.
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
- Parsnips
- Starchy root that softens into a tender, sweet vegetable when boiled through.
The step that matters
Boil until fully tender, timing by age. Old parsnips have a tougher core and need much longer boiling than young ones. Testing for tenderness rather than relying only on the clock prevents undercooked or hard centres.
“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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