Dishes from celery root are rarely seen on a table in a house of a diligent hostess. Somehow our people are afraid to cook from this plant. And very in vain. Celery is widely recognized as the most valuable food. Its useful properties can be listed endlessly. In addition, celery root is also used for medicinal purposes. The composition of this plant includes a lot of useful substances: trace elements, nicotinic acid, tyrosine, asparagine, provitamin A, essential oils and many others. Celery root has an anti-allergic, wound-healing, analgesic and soothing effect. Essential oil is also obtained from it, which positively affects the metabolism in the human body. That is why dishes from celery root should periodically appear on your table. Do not forget that they are great for inclusion in the diet during the diet.
So, dishes from celery root, prepared according to the recipes below, will delight and surprise your household.
Let's start with the first courses. Try making celery root soup. To do this, you need a set of products that can always be found in the house. Take 200 grams of celery root, 100 grams of carrots and leeks, 300 grams of potatoes, garlic and herbs to taste, 50 grams of butter, a little salt and pepper. The cooking time for this dish is no more than 30 minutes.
Start by peeling the potatoes, cut them into small cubes and send them to boil to boil until soft. After that, you need to work with celery, onions and carrots. Clean them, wash and chop them. Next, they need to be passaged in a skillet in butter. When the potatoes become almost soft, you need to transfer the mixture of onions, carrots and celery to it in a pan. The soup is cooked for a few more minutes. The finished dish must be seasoned with herbs and garlic. And it should be served on the table along with fresh, fragrant white bread.
So, the first dish is ready for you, and for the second you can make mashed potatoes from celery root. The ingredients in this case will not surprise you either. It will take about 200 grams of potatoes, 700 grams of celery, 50 grams of butter, the same amount of cheese and salt and pepper (add to taste). You are required to wash the celery with potatoes, then peel them, cut into cubes. After that, you can safely boil them in salted water until fully cooked. Then the vegetables are laid out in a separate bowl and whipped with the addition of butter. When serving mashed potatoes should be sprinkled with grated cheese. Such a side dish is perfect for chicken, beef or pork.
But dishes from celery root are not limited to recipes for soups and mashed potatoes. You can easily make even a salad from this vegetable. Take one celery root, a bunch of lettuce leaves, the juice of one lemon, a tablespoon of vegetable oil and 8 croutons made from brown bread. Now you should chop celery with the smallest straws or just grate it. Sprinkle it with lemon juice on top. This is done so that the root does not darken, because you need to leave it for half an hour to soften. At this time, you will fry the croutons in vegetable oil until crisp. Then they need to be crushed finely. It is also necessary to prepare and dressing for salad. Take two teaspoons of mustard and mix them with crushed garlic (two cloves), then add three teaspoons of apple cider vinegar, five tablespoons of oil (preferably olive), pepper it all and salt. At the end of cooking, you need to lay the lettuce leaves on the dish, celery on top, then pour it with dressing and finally sprinkle with croutons.
Enjoy your meal.