Kohlrabi Gratin
Last week I was all about keeping that kohlrabi raw to enjoy the beautiful purple color. This week I’m about a gratin. It’s not an everyday dish, but it’s delicious.
Last week I was all about keeping that kohlrabi raw to enjoy the beautiful purple color. This week I’m about a gratin. It’s not an everyday dish, but it’s delicious.
I love cooked kohlrabi, but it would be sort of a shame to cook that pretty purple kohlrabi. How about a slaw? This is an unusual take on slaw, using yogurt instead of the usual mayonnaise or sour cream. Apple is traditional in these kinds of slaw. When apples are not in season, you could use blueberries or firm chopped peach instead.
No doubt most of you have experimented with kale chips. How about kohlrabi chips? This recipe comes to us by way of the Wednesday morning Dunwoody Green Market.
Jenn Robbins of Avalon Catering created this recipe to showcase colorful purple kohlrabi. It’s just as delicious with the more common green variety but it’s perfect for the purple variety which loses its lovely color when it’s cooked.
Slaw wasn’t her only idea for using this vegetable. “I love kohlrabi! It creams beautifully with the greens mixed in, goes great in a potato salad dressed with a lemon vinaigrette, we also shave it and mix it into chicken salad, use it in our cold weather glazed/scalloped vegetable dish and I have even seen a peer make kohlrabi kraut,” she said. So now you’ve got lots of other ideas for your kohlrabi.
www.cooks.com
A search on “kohlrabi” on this site netted three pages containing 27 recipes, including this traditional creamy slaw suggestion. It’s not particularly seasonable for Georgia, and uses other ingredients that I don’t typically have in the kitchen, however you can easily amend this to work in your kitchen based on what you have on hand: substitute a mixture of ketchup and mayonaise for the French dressing, honey for the sugar, cabbage for the carrots, or add thinly sliced red or green bell pepper.
Conne is off this week as a result of computer issues that have her down. Wish her a speedy resolution, but do so without sending email that might clog her inbox the next time she’s online! In lieu of her weekly creative inspiration, I’m going to talk with you about kohlrabi. It’s an odd-looking vegetable…
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Another resource, allrecipes.com suggests this easy recipe.
Kohlrabi season always reminds me of our neighbor Joy who told us of the German’s love for kohlrabi, which inspired a children’s song that she sang for us on the porch. This recipe sounds worthy of that inspiration! Make it easier by substituting Riverview’s breakfast sausage for the ground pork, paprika, marjoram, and caraway.
This recipe sounds delicious. Cut your prep time by grating the kohlrabi and apple.
www.epicurious.com
This site catalogues recipes from Gourmet Magazine, and is my first go-to resource. They have many suggestions for kohlrabi, but I couldn’t resist this entry which also features butternut squash.