Turnips, Boiled
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pare the turnips. If they are very large, divide them into quarters; if small, cook them whole.
Boil and serve
Put the turnips into a saucepan of boiling salted water.
Boil gently until tender, about 18 to 20 minutes for young turnips or 1 to 1.5 hours for old ones. Test for doneness with a fork.
Drain in a colander and serve.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Turnips
- The main vegetable; they soften and turn sweeter and milder as they cook.
The step that matters
Boil gently until tender. Turnip cooking time depends on age and size, so testing with a fork is the only reliable check. Boiling gently keeps the pieces intact while the starches soften evenly.
“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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