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Savory Parsnip Pie

11/5/2017

 
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"Nips and Taters" whisper the ancestors

   There was a drift of snow on the ground when I awoke this morning, so unusual for early November in the maritime Northwest. Our local farmers are harvesting small parsnips whose ends look like well scrubbed rat’s tails. I always look twice and give a start when I see them on the counter.
I bought 1½ pounds thinking I’d roast them with toasted sesame oil; my favorite parsnips way.
   My friend Liz gave me a 1981, hardback, first edition of
Great British Cooking: A Well-Kept Secret by Jane Garmey for my birthday. I’ve a real thing for British food names, especially teacakes, pies and puddings. I have deep suspicions that I’ve inherited a lingering pudding gene from my kith and kin, even though we’ve been in America for 300 years, and think pudding is cold custard mixed from a box!      
   With the taters and nips whisperings from the ancestors, mixed in with all the pumpkin pies and squash custards
I’ve been making. (I’m explaining what led me to parsnip pie.) I’d never ventured into savory parsnip pie territory...but for Sunday’s lunch I did. It was decidedly good. C. went back for seconds. He loves a fluffy savory pie, think souffle, especially with a flaky crust.
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Savory Parsnip Pie

Savory Parsnip Pie ​

Makes one 9-inch pie
A light, creamy, fluffy pie with earthy parsnip flavor.
​It’s complemented by thyme, quatre epices and a sharp cheddar bottom. And, all set off in a buttery flaky gluten free crust.
Filling Ingredients
1 lb 4oz./560g sliced in rounds and boiled until fork tender small parsnips
1 large onion chopped and sauted in 2 tablespoons butter until caramelized
3 large eggs
1 ¼cups/286 ml whole milk
4oz/113g grated sharp cheddar cheese
½teaspoon quatre epices
1 teaspoon dried thyme
½teaspoon powdered ginger
1 teaspoon freshly ground caraway
½teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
½teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons dark whole cane sugar
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
Instructions For Pie Filling
Preheat oven to 425F/318C
Blind bake the crust, add cheese and filling while it’s still hot
Boil until fork tender with skins on parsnip rounds and drain
In a mixer, vitamix or food processor add parsnips, eggs, milk, all spices, salt and sugar.
Mix until completely smooth and fluffy.
Add cheese to the bottom of the hot, blind baked crust
Pour in filling, it will pile high, smooth in an attractive way
Bake for 35 minutes, serve warm.  
With Love Enjoy! 
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Camille
11/8/2017 10:11:53 am

Oh, this looks delicious. I can't wait to show it to Pants.

Anne
5/7/2020 03:59:52 am

That turned out as a nice light pie, and went well with some salad for lunch. I added some chopped cooked carrot for a bit of extra texture, and probably should have increased the spices a bit (or maybe my spices are a bit old?).
A couple of points about the recipe:
It doesn't say what to do with the caramelised onion. I added it after the mixing and processing, and it added a bit of texture, which worked well.
The conversion from Fahrenheit to Celsius is wrong. 425 F is 218 C (or 220 as a nice round figure), not 318 C.


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