Rutabaga Gratin Recipes

RUTABAGA GRATIN

Steps:

• Make cashew cream: In a medium bowl, pour boiling water over cashews and let sit until they soften, at least 15 minutes and up to 30. Stir in yeast. Puree mixture in a blender on highest setting until smooth and creamy, about 3 minutes. Seasonwith salt to taste. Set aside.
• Make breadcrumbs: Pulse bread in a food processor until coarsely ground. Set aside. (You should have 1 cup.)
• Assemble gratin: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cover bottom of an 8-inch-round baking dish with a single layer of rutabaga slices, overlapping edges and working in a circle. Season with salt, pepper, andsome of the chopped herbs. Add another layer and season with salt, pepper, and herbs. Pour in about 1/3 of cashew cream -- enough to cover both layers. Continue until baking dish is full. Pour in remainingcashew cream. Sprinkle nutmeg over top layer. Toss breadcrumbs with oil in a small bowl. Top gratin with breadcrumbs.
• Bake on a rimmed baking sheet until rutabagas are tender when pierced with a sharp knife and breadcrumbs are golden brown, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

RUTABAGA, PEAR AND TURNIP GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine the cream, milk, mustard, cayenne, nutmeg, a generous amount of salt and the turnips and rutabaga in a large bowl. Mix well. Transfer the vegetable mixture to a large pot over medium heat and simmer gently, stirring occasionally to assure the mixture is not sticking to the bottom, until the vegetables give up water and become tender, for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and taste for seasoning.
• Make the topping: Mash 2 tablespoons butter in a small bowl. Add the panko, almonds and 1/2 cup Parmesan and stir to combine. Set aside.
• Add the pears to the turnip mixture. Grease the bottom and sides of a 3-quart gratin dish with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Spread the minced garlic on the bottom of the dish with the back of a spoon. Arrange half of the turnip mixture and cream evenly in the bottom of the gratin dish, pressing down to flatten the mixture. Top with the Gruyere and remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan. Arrange the remaining turnip mixture evenly on top. Pour any leftover cream over the gratin. Cover the dish with a sheet of foil, crimping the edges, and place on a baking sheet so that no excess liquid will leak onto the floor of your oven and burn.
• Place in the center of the oven and bake for 1 hour. Carefully remove from the oven, take off the foil and return to the oven to cook until completely tender when pierced with the tip of a small knife, 45 minutes to 1 hour more.
• Top the gratin with the panko-cheese mixture and bake until golden brown, about another 15 minutes. Remove and cool at least 30 minutes but no longer than 1 hour before serving.

RUTABAGA AND TURNIP GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Peel then cut the rutabaga and turnip into thin slices.
• Put the slices in a pot of boiling water for 3 minutes, drain, rinse with cold water and let hang out.
• Chop the herbs bring a cup and a half of heavy cream with the herbs, chopped garlic and salt and pepper to a boil, then let simmer for about 4 minutes.
• Pour a little bit of the cream in the casserole dish, just to cover the bottom. make a layer of rutabaga/turnip, add grated Gruyere and Parmesan. pour some more of the heavy cream mix, add another layer of rutabaga/turnips and cheese and so on and so forth until you are running out of rutabaga/turnips. the final layer should just be the veggies with the grated cheese liberally on top. i sprinkled each layer with salt and pepper as i was putting it together.
• bake for 40-45 minutes, until the top layer is golden brown and crispy and you know, it just *looks* don.

RUTABAGA AND CARROT GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• By hand or using a food processor, slice rutabaga, carrot and shallot very thin (3mm). Set aside.
• In a flame proof casserole, melt butter and add cream, milk, garlic and salt. Heat just until bubbling and remove from heat.
• Layer sliced vegetables into cream mixture and press down to submerge.
• Sprinkle cheese on top and bake for 45 minutes.