turnip gratin

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 232.2
  • Total Fat: 17.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 54.4 mg
  • Sodium: 438.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 9.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
  • Protein: 10.4 g

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Introduction

lightened up slightly with light cream and no butter lightened up slightly with light cream and no butter
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    1 large turnip sliced thinly (mandoline) about 3 cups/1 lb
    1 C cream (I used light instead of heavy)
    2 cloves garlic
    few sprigs of thyme
    pinch cayenne pepper
    3/4 C grated cheese, I used parm
    recipe also calls for 1/4 stick butter which I didn't use!

Directions

add cream, smashed garlic, thyme, and cayenne to saucepan
season with a little salt
bring to a boil, turn off heat and let steep for ~20 min
thinly slice/mandoline turnip and lay half in a small greased casserole pan
sprinkle half of cheese over the turnip, then pour half of cream mix (I left garlic and thyme in..recipe says take out)
build a second layer and finish off ingredients

cover with foil and bake for about 20' min at 375 (longer if refrigerated first!). Uncover and bake another 10 min to brown. give or take....see how it looks to decide when done

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SOUTHPONDCAMP.