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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal277
  • fat14g
  • saturates7g
  • carbs33g
  • sugars15g
  • fibre12g
  • protein7g
  • salt0.27g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Tip the parsnips into a pan of cold water with the turmeric and a little salt and boil for about 12 mins until they are on the brink of collapsing. While the parsnips are cooking, blanch the cabbage or sprouts in another pan of boiling water for 3 mins until tender, adding the peas for the final min, then drain well.

  • step 2

    Drain the parsnips well, then tip back into the pan and roughly mash with the lemon juice and half the butter. Then beat in all the other ingredients except the remaining butter, and season with salt. Heat the remaining butter in a non-stick frying pan about 28cm in diameter, and press the parsnip mixture into the pan. Cook until crisp underneath, then turn over with a fish slice. (Don’t worry if it breaks at this point, it will hold eventually.) Keep cooking until crisp on the other side, then slide onto a plate and flip back into the pan again. Keep on doing this until you have a crisp, puck-shaped cake. Serve on a plate or board, cut into wedges.

RECIPE TIPS
WHY NOT TRY...

HONEY BRAISED PARSNIPS & WALNUTS: Chop 500g parsnips into chunks, then fry in butter until golden. Add 150ml chicken stock and 1 tbsp honey to the pan, then simmer until all the liquid has evaporated and the parsnips are sticky. Throw a handful walnut pieces and some chopped parsley in with the parsnips, then serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2008

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A star rating of 3.6 out of 5.8 ratings

kkatem

I added two eggs to the mixture once mashed, this acted as a binding agent and it stayed in a cake shape for me. Nice taste, a little unusual, will try again, wont be a weekly favourite though.

kkatem

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

I added to the mixure once mashed, this acted as a binde and it stayed in a cake shape for me. Nice taste, will try again.

awilding

You have to really love the bitter sweet taste of boiled parsnips for this recipe - it has an extremely strong taste, which I find quite unpleasant and overpowering. What a shame. I think parsnips work best with sweet rather than spicy. Into the soup pan it goes!

tan_tan-2

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

really enjoyed this. make sure everything is really well drained before masf=hing and mixing together. also i found that by first cooking it over a flame on the hob and then under the grill it turned out of the pan perfectly

steview

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Tasted very 'indian' with good flavours. However as for others it didn't work for me as a cake but turned out to be more of a hash and in my opinion the effort expended to try and make it as a cake wasn't worth it. Overall as an 'indian-style sprout and parsnip hash' it worked quite well.

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