rutabaga casserole

Name: Rutabaga Casserole
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 - rutabagas (about 2 pounds) peeled and cubed; 1/4 cup(s) butter, unsalted; 2 tablespoon(s) brown sugar, firmly packed; 3/4 teaspoon(s) kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon(s) freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon(s) allspice, ground; 2 large eggs, separated; 2 slice(s) brown bread, processed into fine crumbs

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Marsha Gardner

Florala, AL

Updated on Sep 18, 2012

When Dick and I were first married he said the only food he wouldn't eat was a turnip. I hadn't eaten many turnips but my family were big rutabaga eaters. Our first Easter I made mashed rutabagas and he thought they were turnips and wasn't going to even try them. Now turnips have a white flesh and rutabagas have a yellow flesh, so I didn't understand why he thought they were turnips. Anyway he ate them and has been for last 41 years. He had eaten a raw turnip as a kid and gotten sick, so he was more scared of them than not really liking them. Today he eats both with gusto.

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yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 - rutabagas (about 2 pounds) peeled and cubed
1/4 cup butter, unsalted
2 tablespoons brown sugar, firmly packed
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon allspice, ground
2 large eggs, separated
2 slices brown bread, processed into fine crumbs

How To Make rutabaga casserole

Step 1

Boil cubed rutabaga in a deep saucepan with water to cover for 30-40 minutes, or until tender when pierced with a fork.

Step 2

Drain well and transfer to a mixer bowl with 2 tablespoons of butter. Mash or whip electric mixer until smooth. Add brown sugar, salt, pepper and allspice.
Step 3

(Recipe may be prepared up to this point a day or two in advance and refrigerated.)
Step 4

Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; set aside. Beat egg yolks for 3 minutes, or until light.
Step 5

Stir the egg yolks into the rutabaga mixture, then gently fold in the egg whites.
Step 6

Transfer to a greased 11"x9" oval gratin dish. Melt remaining butter and combine with the bread crumbs. Sprinkle over the top of the rutabaga. Bake for 1 hour, or until the top is a deep golden brown.
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