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May Turnips

4 servings

Ingredients

• May Turnips (as needed)
• Meat broth or Water (a little)
• Butter or Fat (a little)
• Salt (a little)
• Flour (a little)
• Nutmeg (a little)
• Potatoes (a little)

Instructions

1. Cut the turnips into small cubes or thin strips, add boiling meat broth or water, butter or fat, and the necessary salt, cook until tender, and dust with a little flour.
2. When serving, sprinkle with a little nutmeg; some boiled potatoes can also be added.
3. If the turnips are bitter, first par-boil them in salted water and then prepare as described; after blanching, they can also be braised like turnip greens, but then cook them until completely soft.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.