Smashed Rutabagas

Submitted by AcadiaTwo

"My Dad has been cooking and mashing rutabagas my entire life although he always referred to them as turnips. LOL! We always have them with turkey or roast beef. Upon occasion we have been able to buy them fresh without the wax coating, but it doesn't happen very often."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 large rutabaga
• 4 quarts water
• 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
• 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄8 teaspoon crazy salt (www.janeskrazy.com)

directions

1. Heat water in large pot on stove to boiling.
2. I use a sharp paring knife to remove wax coated skin from the rutabaga.
3. The rutabaga is a very hard vegetable in the raw form, so be careful when cutting it.
4. Use a chef's knife to cut a slice off of one side of the rutabaga.
5. Place the flat side down on the cutting board and cut off small slices.
6. Then chop the slices the other direction forming small cubes.
7. Place rutabaga is boiling water and boil until tender. (about 60 minutes).
8. Remove from heat.
9. When tender, strain water off of rutabaga cubes and place them in a flat bottomed dish. (My Dad puts them back in the pot for this step.).
10. Use a mashing tool and mash them to desired consistency.
11. Add butter, salt & pepper.
12. Mix thoroughly and serve.
13. (One can also make ahead and warm it up in the microwave.).
14. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Nevdiliel]

Easy and delicious, a total winner! I used one very large rutabaga, one of the less pretty ones that didn't make the cut to go to the farmer's market, so it required a little bit of extra prep. I cut it up into small chunks, added just enough water to cover, plus salt, and they were tender in well under an hour. I only used 2 tablespoons of butter and I feel that was just right (this coming from a huge butter fan). If I added potatoes to this, then I'd definitely include extra butter. I didn't know what crazy salt was, so I used regular Himalayan salt and it turned out fine. Thanks for posting! This is going in my recipe book.

 

[COOKGIRl]

This went over really well with pot roast as you can imagine. I looked online for Jane's Krazy salt copycat recipe and made a small batch for the rutabaga mash (minus the Accent?). A combination of root vegetables (parsnips, carrots, turnips, etc.) would work for this recipe, too. Made for Winter NA*ME tag.

 

[NCSouthernBelle]

Best and only way to eat rutabagas in my opinion.

 

[Annacia]

We had this with Christmas dinner which DH made this year! There was baked ham, scalloped spuds, small green balls that are known as Brussels sprouts to most but that DH insists on calling cauliflower for some reason and this rutabaga recipe with biscuits. The rutabaga was yummy and easy to make. This isn't a veggie that we have often and I don't know why because we always enjoy it, it's pretty much always available and it tastes darn good. I'm glad that I bought more than was needed for one meal because I'll be making this just after the new year when DS and our prospective daughter in law will be coming for a couple of days to introduce her to Mom and Dad.

 

[Wish I Could Cook]

Why oh why did starchy, bland, nutritionless potatoes ever become king of the mashed veggies?? This recipe is just as easy, much healthier and soooooo flavorful! I used Spike brand seasoning and loved the end result. Sorry Idaho, rutabagas are now top root in my house!