Turnips and Greens
 
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Recipe type: Side
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 1 bunch turnips with tops (about 1 ½ - 2 lbs turnips)
  • 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 slices bacon
  • 1 small onion
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • ½ cup dry white wine
  • 1 ½ cup chicken stock
Instructions
  1. Chop turnip roots away from greens.
  2. Strip turnip leaves away from stems and discard stems along with any discolored portions of leaves.
  3. Coarsely chop turnip greens.
  4. To clean them, swish them around in a large bowl of cold water and let sit a few minutes.
  5. Lift greens out and drain water and sand.
  6. Repeat 2 to a few more times until no more sand collects in bottom of bowl.
  7. Chop leaves into approximately 1 inch by 2 inch strips.
  8. Peel turnips and cut into roughly 1 inch cubes.
  9. Peel and chop onion.
  10. Chop bacon into 1 inch pieces.
  11. Add 1 Tbsp oil to a large pot and cook bacon over medium heat until browned but not crisp.
  12. Drain all but 2 Tbsp fat from pan.
  13. Saute onions until soft.
  14. Add wine and boil scraping up browned bits from bottom of pan until reduced by half.
  15. Add chicken stock.
  16. Add salt, sugar and pepper.
  17. Add turnips and greens.
  18. Bring to boil, then turn down heat and simmer 40 minutes covered.
  19. Take cover off, turn up heat and boil 5-10 minutes until liquid is reduced to about ¼ inch deep in pan.
  20. Serve turnips and greens with pot liquor (pot liquid).
Recipe by Savory Nature at https://savorynature.com/2013/12/19/turnips-and-greens/