How to prepare turnips


How to prepare turnips
Here's a method for obtaining ready-to-cook turnips from fresh turnips, and how to trim, peel and carve them.
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Last modified on: May 21th 2025
For 750 g, you will need:
  • 1 turnips 800 g turnips
  • Total weight: 800 grams

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 15 min.

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Stage 1
How to prepare turnips
Ideally, of course, you should have fresh, beautiful radishes with their tops.

Stage 2
How to prepare turnips
Start by cutting off the tops.

Note that you don't necessarily have to throw them away or compost them. You can use them in a recipe for turnip greens soup or pesto, for example.

Stage 3
How to prepare turnips
Once the tops have been removed, a small piece of stalk remains on the turnip, which can be kept on small turnips that will be cooked whole.

Stage 4
How to prepare turnips
If not, cut off the top of the turnip.

Stage 5
How to prepare turnips
There's going to be a little bit of green left, that's normal, we'll deal with it later.

Stage 6
How to prepare turnips
Turn the turnip over and cut out the root.

Stage 7
How to prepare turnips
No green this time.

Stage 8
How to prepare turnips
Peel around the turnip using a vegetable peeler.

Stage 9
How to prepare turnips
If you want to keep a small piece of stem (small turnips), turn around it with the peeler...

Stage 10
How to prepare turnips
...or peel it all off.

Stage 11
How to prepare turnips
Remove the green part from the top, best done with an apple scoop or, failing that, a small spoon.

Stage 12 - 15 min.
How to prepare turnips
That's it, your turnip is ready, do this with all the others, then wash and dry them.

Your turnips are ready to use in your recipe.
Remarks
When turnips are fresh, some chefs believe that you don't need a peeler to peel them, that the back of a spoon, slipped under the skin, is enough. But for us amateurs, the peeler comes in very handy.
Keeping: Bake during the day.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe8 RDI=3 %60 RDI=5 %0260 RDI=10 %1,070 RDI: 10 %
Per 100 g1 RDI=0 %7 RDI=1 %030 RDI=2 %130 RDI: 2 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
How much will it cost?
  • For 750 g : 1.30 €

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