Gratin Of Turnips And Blue Cheese

Title: GRATIN OF TURNIPS AND BLUE CHEESE

Categories: Vegetables, Cheese/eggs

Yield: 4 Servings

4.00 md Turnips; peeled

- and sliced paper thin

1.00 md Yellow onion

- peeled and finely sliced

4.00 tb Melted butter

0 1/20 c Whipping cream

4.00 Anchovy fillets

- finely chopped 0 1/4 ts Nutmeg

- preferably freshly ground

0 1/4 ts Freshly ground pepper

0 1/20 c Crumbled Roquefort

- OR Stilton

- or other blue cheese

PREHEAT OVEN TO 375F. Toss together the turnips and onion with the

melted butter and place in a 9-inch square or round baking dish.

Cover tightly and place in preheated oven for 30 minutes. In a small

pot over medium heat, combine cream, anchovies, nutmeg and pepper.

Bring to a boil and let cook 1 minute. Remove turnips from oven,

remove cover and pour the cream mixture over them. Sprinkle with

20 to

minutes. If the gratin is golden brown, it's ready to serve. If not,

preheat broiler. Place gratin under hot broiler about 3 minutes to

brown the top before serving. May be prepared a couple of hours in

advance to this point and kept covered at room temperature.

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