The market · Roots and tubers · Northern and Central Europe

Celeriac

The knobbly root of a celery grown for its bulb: nutty, celery-scented, creamy when cooked.

celery · nutty
Celeriacat its peak

What to do with it

Classics built on it
Nordic and Baltic ryeBergensk fiskesuppeA pale, creamy fish soup of white fish and root vegetables, finished with a little vinegar and sugar, often with fish balls in it.No one here has made it yet

Goes with

applemustardcreamhazelnut

Knowing it

Where to buy
Greengrocers; don't be put off by the outside.
Worth knowing
Roast it whole, in its skin, for two hours.

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