Rutabaga and Carrot Puff

Rutabaga and carrots are pureed with butter and eggs, topped with buttered pecans, and baked into a puffed souffle-type dish perfect for the holiday season.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins
• Calories: 220 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• ½ cup finely chopped pecans
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• ½ onion, chopped
• 1 ½ cups chicken stock
• ¼ cup butter, divided
• 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, or as needed
• 4 carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks
• 1 rutabaga, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine carrots, rutabaga, onion, chicken stock, 3 tablespoons butter, brown sugar, and nutmeg in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, partially cover saucepan with a lid, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are very tender, about 45 minutes.

Step 2

Transfer vegetables using a slotted spoon to a food processor or blender. Continue to cook remaining broth mixture in saucepan over high heat, stirring constantly, until liquid reduced to about 1 tablespoon, 2 to 3 minutes. Add reduced broth mixture to vegetables in food processor; blend until very smooth. Transfer mixture to a bowl and cool to room temperature.

Step 3

Stir eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper into pureed vegetable mixture until evenly combined; spoon into a buttered 6-cup casserole or souffle dish.

Step 4

Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a saucepan over low heat; stir in pecans until fragrant and coated, 1 to 2 minutes. Spread buttered pecans around the edge the vegetable mixture, creating a border. Cover dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.

Step 5

Bring vegetable mixture to room temperature, about 30 minutes before baking.

Step 6

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove plastic wrap from casserole dish.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven until puffed, set in the middle, and golden brown, about 30 minutes.