I had never had celeriac (celery root, or, my favorite: the rastafarian turnip), so when I saw it available organically grown at Whole Foods, I decided to take my chances! Most recipes call for it to be boiled in soups or stews, and often pureed, but I wanted my celeriac to be naked - I wanted to see what it tastes like by itself. So after peeling it (which was a rouch job) and cutting it,
I sprinkled a little bit of curry powder and olive oil on it and roasted it in a 350 oven for about 40 minutes.It only slightly tastes like celery. I kinda thought it was turnippy, but we all know how obsessed I am with turnips. It could've roasted longer (or at a higher temperature? I'm all for really hot ovens), but it was tender enough. Yay for celeriac wedges!
And what is that mysterious sauce with which I ate them, you ask? a gift from my mother:
Nomato Tomato-free ketchup!Nomato is night-shade free, gluten-free, mostly organic, and pretty tasty. Its main ingredients are Carrots, beets, and onions. (There are more ingredients but I don't have the bottle with me as I write this.) You could've easily convinced me it had tomato in it, but it resembled ketchup neither in taste nor in texture. It tasted like and had the consistency of a not-spicy, pureed salsa. It was a little odd with the celeriac but I had some with the empanadas from last week's entry and the flavors suited each other perfectly.
Sometime I will make nightshade-free ketchup, just to prove I can do it better than the nomato people. But in the meantime? Nightshade-free french fries and ketchup craving SATISFIED.
9 comments:
I've never had celeriac either! Now you have me intrigued... I'm going to go look for it at WFS. As for the ketchup, I'm glad your mom found you an alternative-- I love ketchup (hehe, when I was little, my dad always said my family should buy stock in Heinz!).
I've never even been able to find celeriac. =( It looks good though.
Nomato? Never heard of it. I'm sure you can come up with something good though! Sometimes fries are all you need, sans the ketchup. I like dipping my fries in plum sauce.
cool! I'll have to look twice at celeriac now. :o
Mmmm, celeriac is good stuff. It's in a lot of Eastern European dishes, though mostly stews and hearty dishes like you mentioned. The Nomato looks tasty - glad you found a replacement!
You're joking - you can make fries with celeriac?! You did a great job; they look beautimous! I admire your patience with peeling and cutting the celeriac. You sure won't catch me ever buying it for that reason!
And I never would have thought there would be a tomato-free ketchup on the market, either.
Tomato free ketchup? Cool! And perfect with your celeriac fries. Very unique...
I tried to find away to email you, but I don't think I found one. Maybe we could go to that new raw vegan restaurant, grezzo? Have you been yet? Intriguing.... feel free to email me at spazzatood@yahoo.ca if you think that might be fun!
I've never had celeriac. How do you even pronounce that? I really do want to try some, though. I want to try every kind of veggie and fruit there is!
...Except for, maybe, the almighty durian.
Nom, I tried your recipe (with paprika powder) and they were delicious! Grated celeriac is also a tasty ingredient in salads, especially combined with walnuts.
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