Turnips are in peak season in winter. The winter vegetables are healthy, delicious and atrue satiety. We therefore offer you several recipe ideas that will take us back to childhood memories and warm our bodies and hearts in the cold days of January. Several variants for turnip stew based on Grandma's recipe, classically prepared with smoked pork, beef or vegetarian!
First, we offer you aclassic recipewith smoked pork and carrots. The hearty winter stew is the perfect dish for January. The best thing about this turnip stew is that you can vary it as you wish. The list of ingredients can be changed as you wish.
The basic ingredients:
- 500 g Kasselernecken
- 2 carrots
- 1 kg of turnips
- 2 onions
- 400 g floury boiled potatoes
If desired, vary the turnip pot with the following ingredients:
- 300g mushrooms
- 100 g Parsnips
- 100 g Kohl
- 1 canned tomato
- 2 Zucchini
- 50 g water chestnuts
- 1 medium sweet potato
You still need:
- Salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 1/2 bunch of parsley
- Pinch of sugar
- 1/2 tsp paprika powder
- Price Basil
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 liter vegetable broth or 200 ml red wine and 800 ml water
- 3-4 tsp olive oil
Of course, you can also vary the spices as you wish. You can add all or just some.
Turnip stew according to Grandma's recipe: How to prepare it
The basic recipe:
- Dice the meat. Mash the tomato with a fork and chop the onion. Cut the remaining vegetables into bite-sized pieces.
- Pour the olive oil into a large pot and heat it up. Add the meat and onion and sauté. Then add the turnips, carrots and potatoes. Either deglaze with the red wine and boil it down or pour in hot vegetable broth.
- Add the remaining vegetables (except the mushrooms) and the water chestnuts. If you are preparing the turnip stew with wine, add 800 ml of hot water to the pot now.
- Season the dish.
- Bring the dish to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 40 minutes. Top up with hot water if necessary.
- Add the mushrooms and simmer uncovered for another 15 minutes.
- Salt the dish and remove the bay leaves.
- Remove the winter stew from the heat, sprinkle with parsley and serve hot.
Hearty turnip stew with beef: prepare grandma's winter stew
Just like in grandma's time, the next winter stew is here. We will explain to you how to prepare a hearty turnip stew with beef in the classic way and give you several ideas for variations. You'll need to allow a little more time for the recipe - around three hours. However, the preparation itself is super easy and even complete beginners can do it. So the patience is worth it, because the stew is simply delicious!
The ingredients:
- a slice of beef leg, cut into bite-sized pieces.
- 2 – 3 large carrots, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 onion, chopped large
- 500g turnips, cut into bite-sized pieces
If desired, you can add the following ingredients:
- 100g parsnips, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 4 potatoes
You still need:
- 3 tsp olive oil
- freshly ground black pepper
- 4 garlic cloves, pressed
- 400 ml vegetable broth
- 50 ml tomato paste
- 200 ml Stout Bier
- 2 TL Thymian
- 2 bay leaves
Turnip stew with beef: classic recipe
Preparation:
- Pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil into a deep pot and heat. Season and salt the meat and add it to the pot. Sear for 4 minutes on each side. You can use one to turn the meat.
- Add the garlic cloves and sauté for a minute. Add the tomato paste and simmer for a minute, stirring constantly.
- Pour the vegetable broth and beer into the pot and bring to the boil. Season and salt the dish. Then reduce the heat and let it simmer covered for about 120 minutes. Check regularly whether the meat is completely covered with liquid and top up with water if necessary.
- In the meantime, drizzle the vegetables with olive oil and place them in a pot. Sauté for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the vegetables to the meat and simmer for another hour.
Grandma's turnip stew with Mettenden: quick and hearty winter dish
The classic turnip stew is prepared with meat. Very often people rely on Mettenden. The recipe is very simple and the hearty winter dish is ready in less than an hour.
The ingredients:
- 1 kg turnip, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 Mettenenden, sliced
- 1 kg potatoes, diced
- one sweet potato, medium sized
- one medium onion, cut into bite-sized pieces
- two carrots, roughly chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, pressed
- 500 ml vegetable broth
- 50 ml tomato paste
- Parsley
Turnip stew according to Grandma's recipe with Mettwurst: The preparation
Preparation:
- Heat olive oil.
- Add the vegetables and the meatballs to the pot and fry.
- Pour the vegetable stock and 500 ml water into the pot and bring to the boil. Then reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Remove the pot from the heat, season, salt and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Garnish with parsley and serve hot.
Prepare vegetarian turnip stew with meat substitute made from peas
The special thing about the turnip stew is that it tastes delicious even without meat. You can make it vegan with just vegetables. You can also flavor the winter stew with a meat substitute made from peas.
The necessary ingredients:
For a vegan turnip stew you need:
- 1 kg of turnips
- 800g potatoes
- 3 carrots
- 150 g celery stalks
- 1 sweet potato
- 1 onion
- 1 liter vegetable broth
- Salt, pepper to taste
- 1/2 TL Thymian
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 30 g Sesame seeds
For the vegetarian version you still need:
- 150 g meat substitute made from peas (cubes).
There are numerous vegan onesAlternatives to meat. Of course you can also use tofu as a meat substitute. However, the peas are better suited for hearty winter dishes as they fill you up and harmonize well with the other ingredients in the winter stew. In specialized shops you can find a wide range of meat substitutes made from peas. The seasoned cubes with Mediterranean herbs are best. But you can also take meat substitutes in the form of sausages and then cut them into slices.
Prepare turnip stew vegan or vegetarian
Preparation:
- Cut the vegetables into bite-sized pieces.
- Put 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pot and heat. Sauté the vegetables and season.
- Pour the vegetable stock and tomato paste into the pot, bring to the boil and then reduce the heat. Let simmer for about 30 minutes.
- In the meantime, put the meat substitute made from peas in a pot and fry. Then add to the dish and simmer for another 10 minutes.
A turnip stew is perfectEating in winter. Filling, delicious and long-lasting - it can be stored in the fridge for several days - the winter stew is the perfect dish for dinner with friends or a family celebration. The recipes are super simple and suitable even for complete beginners in the kitchen. Surprise family and friends with a turnip stew based on grandma's recipe. It will warm not only the bodies but also the hearts of guests and is guaranteed to earn you compliments.
