Cooking Celery root in milk

Lindsay-Jean is a Contributing Editor of Food52.

added 8 months ago

According to Chow.com, "cooking the celery root in milk mellows the vegetable’s bite. However, if you prefer a more herbaceous flavor, substitute water for the milk."

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Cynthia is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.

added 8 months ago

If you want to gild the lily, use cream.

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SeaJambon added 8 months ago

Interesting. I've never heard of cooking in milk or cream, and it isn't as if cooked celery root has a particularly strong taste. I suppose if you were then making a cream of celery root soup or something, it might be nice to have cooked in the milk ahead of time and then use that in the soup...

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Sarah is a trusted source on General Cooking.

added 8 months ago

It's nice to do if you're making a puree - basically ensuring that you don't drain away the nutrients (+flavour) when you add cream/milk later on in the mashing stage. Also you can infuse bay, herbs, other spices into the liquid at the same time. Same process works well for cauliflower or parsnip puree.

Don't throw away leftover cream/milk - it's great for polenta!

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