Name: Sliced turnip & bacon bake
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: As a side dish
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 85g butter; 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon chopped; 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaf; large onion finely sliced; 1 ½kg turnip peeled and sliced; 100g mature cheddar grated

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Sliced turnip & bacon bake

Sliced turnip & bacon bake

Barney Desmazery

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As a side dish

Easy

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 30 mins

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Make the most of turnips with this flavoursome recipe, perfect with slow cooked lamb, or as main course

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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85g butter
6 rashers smoked streaky bacon

chopped
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaf
large onion

finely sliced
1 ½kg turnip

peeled and sliced
100g mature cheddar

grated

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal303
fat23g
saturates13g
carbs15g
sugars13g
fibre7g
protein10g
salt1.26g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Heat half the butter in an ovenproof frying pan. Add the bacon and cook for a few mins, then add the thyme and onions, season and cook for a further 8-10 mins until the onions are soft and golden. Scoop the onions into a bowl, leaving the buttery juices in the pan.
step 2

Off the heat, layer the sliced turnips in the pan with a scattering of fried onions, a sprinkling of cheese and some dots of butter between the layers. Season with a little salt and plenty of pepper as you go. Cover the pan with foil and bake for 1-1¼ hrs until the turnips are tender when prodded with the point of a knife. Leave the cake to relax for 5 mins. Turn it upside down onto a plate or board, then cut into wedges and serve.

RECIPE TIPS

MAKE IT VEGGIE

Simply leave out the bacon. A great main served with a salad.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2007

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