COOKING VIDEO: Turkey Salad With Celery Root & Apple Recipe

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October 19, 2010 at 7:30 am · Filed under Meat & Poultry, Recipes, Vegetables-Salads-Herbs, Videos

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It finally feels like fall: our local farmers market is full of our favorite Honeycrisp apples.

For a dynamic duo of flavor and crunch, pair crunchy apples with crunchy celery root, also known as celeriac (and céleri in French).

Celery root, a relative of celery, is a root vegetable. Leafy stalks somewhat like celery grow above the ground, but the part that is eaten grows beneath, looking like a large, bulbous, misshapen turnip. (Use the stalks, which are hollow, as straws in Bloody Marys; they’ll add a bit of celery flavor.)

Like celery, celery root is very low in starch.

Enjoy it raw in green salads and fruit salads, cut into matchsticks.

Celery root can also be roasted, alone or in a melange of root vegetables. They can also be boiled and mashed—a delightful alternative to mashed potatoes.

Added it to soups and stews, or make hot or chilled celery root soup.

Make one of our favorite appetizers, Céleri Rémoulade (here’s a recipe).

In this week’s cooking video, Amy Topel of The Green Guide combines apples and celery root in a salad with turkey and a Dijon-yogurt dressing. Use this as an opportunity to try a new vegetable.

Find out more in our exotic vegetable glossary.

For more salad and veggie recipes, visit our Gourmet Vegetables Section. Check out Spicy Spinach & Grapefruit Salad and Scallop and Bacon Salad.

For more recipes and how-tos, visit our Cooking Videos Section.

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