I know I have friends who even in adulthood will touch eat anything green, ‘Yes you know who you are!’, well things are about to change with children arriving on the scene he cannot no longer be seen not to eat his greens when he’s telling the little one too, now can he?

One vegetable that people always seem to shy away from and yet has a enormous following in europe especially in french cuisine is well, ’round, knobbly, crusty and looks like it has been hanging around in the vegetable box far to long is…’, the answer is Celeriac.

Celeriac is making abit of a comeback and is regularly seen upon bistro menu’s in the form of mash served with red meats or game. This vegetable has a delicate sweet celery flavour with a aniseed twist to it and even works well grated raw into salads, made into chips or even crisps (if you make your own vegetable crisps). Can be mashed with potato and made into soups too being a very versatile vegetable.

You can find these both in supermarkets and farmers markets and green grocers looking very ugly in the corner, you should try some you will be surprised. 

For a great recipe for egg & lemon sauce celeriac you will need:

3 celeriacs, trimmed and peeled, (For a great peeler this judge ss julienne peeler is brilliant, can be used by left and right handed cooks, makes easy work out of peeling espically for people whose hands have athritus for example and makes light work out of julienne the hardest or vegetables and fruits. So a real aid in todays kitchen) 120 ml dry white wine, 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, 2 large egg yolks, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp finely chopped chives and sea salt.
Cut your celeriac into julienne strips and place in a large saucepan. Reserving 3 tblsp of the wine pour the rest of the wine and oil into the saucepan with the celeriac. Now add salt to taste, cover and cook over a low heat for 20 minutes until the celeriac is soft. Beat the egg yolks with the remaining wine and lemon juice, add the chives and pour on to the celeriac.
Toss gently, arrange on a plate or dish to serve. Great with red meats and game of your choice.

Have you tried Celeriac? Does a vegetables look put you off trying it? What vegetable do not like for its looks?

See my previous blog Salad in a hurry for julienne salad ideas and gadget, my previous blog on the side also show another brilliant julienne slicer gadget with a recipe for you to try and there are many more blogs packed with ideas, kitchen gadgets and recipes for you to look through.