One of the most cooked and loved recipes on the Red Wagon blog is Miso Maple Turnips.  Here is very similar dish but this has an easy to make sauce that is has a bright citrus essence rather than a deep warm miso note of the older recipe. Try both!

So fast and simple. You need.

• 1 bunch of turnips washed and I cut mine into 1/8ths.
• 3 tablespoons of butter
• about 1/2 cup of orange juice. I had ‘cutie’ mandarins and used three and didn’t quite have a half cup. I went with that. As always adjust as needed.
• Olive oil and salt, pepper for roasting the turnips (and delicata).
• Optional toppings like red pepper flakes, nuts or peel from the citrus.

To roast the turnips preheat the oven to 400F, mine took about 25 minutes to roast. I had extra room on my baking tray so I roasted a delicata squash on the other half of the tray because you can never had too many roasted vegetables in your life!

Juice the citrus and put that and the butter into a pan to melt and reduce the liquid to thicken while the turnips are roasting.

Check the turnips after 25 minutes, they are done when they are turning brown and tender when you poke them with a fork or sharp knife. Take them out of the oven and add them to the pan with the citrus butter and let all that simmer together until the sauce thickens.

It looks like I’m making candy. Don’t worry. It’s not too sweet it just sticks to the turnips as it gets thick.

That is it. A lovely dish to go with just about anything. This time of year I think about the holidays and food, a lot. This would be a really nice dish to go with any holiday food. It is light and bright and you could easily make it ahead and warm it up before serving or even serve it at room temperature.

What are you doing with your turnips? Let us know in the comments.

Have a great week.

Mo