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PERFECT Purées serves 4
What you need 450 g (1 lb) root vegetables Here’s how Cut off the top and bottom of the vegetables and wash thoroughly, but do not peel, as much of the nutritional value in vegetables is in the skin itself. Slice each vegetable about 6 mm (1/4 in) thick and cut each slice into 4 to 8 pieces. Place them in a steamer over boiling water. Bring to the boil and steam for 15 to 20 minutes until they grow tender. Put the cooked vegetables into a food processor. Add the butter, garlic, vegetable bouillon powder, parsley and cashews and blend, adding enough soya milk to give the purée the consistency you want. This usually takes about 2 to 3 minutes. Taste and season accordingly. You can make these purées the day before and then gently reheat them with a knob of butter on top. |
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I’ve never been able to figure out why the most common puréed vegetable is mashed potatoes, when there are so many other vegetables like beetroot, swede, spinach, beans, carrots and celeriac, which purée equally well. The secret of great vegetable purée lies in what you add to it. You can either cook the vegetables and purée them on their own, or you can mix them with mashed potatoes to make bright-coloured complements for fish, poultry and meat dishes. I sometimes serve vegetable purées on toast or together with brown rice and a fresh green salad. Every root vegetable makes a great purée. One of my favourites is celeriac, which I think goes beautifully with any kind of game or fish. Carrots too make a wonderful purée, as does spinach. Even beetroot, which I think tastes so ghastly in its normal boiled form, brings wonderful colour and flavour to a meal when puréed and seasoned properly. |
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