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Calling all celeriac maniacs! Are you looking for some recipe inspiration? Check out this compilation featuring our very favorite 26 celeriac recipes that you have to try. For those who have no idea what celeriac is, these recipes could be your introduction to one of winter's best root vegetables. You'll love it's distinct, delicious flavor that subtly resembles a cross between celery and parsley and all of the valuable nutrients it can provide.
This versatile vegetable shines in these decadent, savory, healthy, and homey celeriac recipes.
Celeriac Soup Recipes
The wonderful thing about celeriac is that it's a very versatile vegetable that can be healthy or homey. In these superb soups, celeriac's homey flavor shines through, bringing them delicious depth.
Celeriac, Bacon, and Barley Soup
Credit: Delicious
This warmingceleriac, bacon, and barley soupis full of smoky, sweet, herbal flavors that will taste heavenly after a cold winter day. This soup is divine with the unbeatable combination of savory bacon, fresh rosemary, and melt-in-your-mouth stewed celeriac cubes.
Creamy Celeriac Soup
Credit: Delicious Every Day
This cozy,creamy celeriac soupis the ultimate comfort food, with a warm, flavorful pureed vegetable base. It quite literally melts in your mouth. This easy-to-make soup is an excellent option for vegans or people looking for a dish with lots of veggies.
Soup A La Fortune Du Pot
This fun and fancysoup a la fortune du potputs an elegant twist on classic celeriac soup. This slow-simmered and then pureed soup is comfort cuisine. Add a dash of cream on top and a spring of parsley to make it look restaurant-level delicious.
Mashed Celeriac Recipes
If you love mashed potatoes but are looking for a healthier, more flavorful potato alternative, these mashed celeriac recipes will be right up your alley.
Celeriac Mash
Credit: Kitchen Nostalgia
This straightforwardceleriac mashis a creamy, fragrant side dish that is excellent with roasted vegetables, grilled meat, or even veggie patties. It's the ideal substitute for mashed potatoes with more nutrients and a unique, subtle flavor, but a similar consistency.
Celeriac Puree
This easy-to-makeceleriac pureewill take you less than 30 minutes in prep and less than an hour in total to make. It's super simple, low fat, and restaurant quality. The subtle garlic flavor, paired with its simple spices, makes this a very versatile side dish.
Celeriac and Potato Mash
You don't have to put the potatoes away; you can use them with celeriac to make deliciousceleriac and potato mash. Bringing together the deliciousness of mashed potatoes and the unique flavor of celeriac, this dish is a fun spin on classic potato mash.
Celeriac Gratin Recipes
Who doesn't love a little gratin? These incredibly decadent celeriac recipes are a great way to
Potato Celeriac Gratin
Potato and celeriac are an incredible duo, and they are never better than when paired in a cheesypotato celeriac gratintogether. This cozy comfort food is a great side dish but can also function as a breakfast, lunch, or dinner meal. There's never a wrong time to eat cheesy potatoes and celeriac.
Cheesy Leek and Celeriac-Potato Gratin
Credit: One Green Planet
Taking cheesy celeriac and potato gratin up a notch is this recipe for a cheesy leek and celeriac-potato gratin. This recipe is easy and cost-effective. Although it involves some fatty, savory ingredients, you're still getting some good nutrients from the potatoes, leeks, and celeriac.
Cheesy Celeriac, Leek, and Rosemary Gratin
This recipe forcheesy celeriac, leek, and rosemary gratinis by far the most decadent celeriac gratin recipe on this list, making it perfect for special events like holiday dinners. Top it off with a spoonful of mustard or horseradish to give it an extra flavor boost.
Celeriac Salad Recipes
Now that you've read about some genuinely decadent gratins, you probably feel ready for something a little more healthy, and this list does provide. These salads incorporate celeriac and other flavorful produce in these simple, superb recipes.
Celery-Root and Beet Salad
This Scandanavian-inspiredcelery-root and beet saladis an easy-to-make, colorful, flavorful salad option. With foil-roasted beets, matchstick thin celery-root pieces, salt, pepper, and lemon-based dressing, this salad brings together many incredible winter flavors.
Ribbon Celeriac Salad
Credit: Jamie Oliver
Thisribbon celeriac saladis jam-packed with delicious ingredients like capers, gherkins, and thin ribbon celeriac. It's all tied together by salty and tangy mustard and vinegar-based dressing. Top it off with roast chicken or smoked salmon to make it a full meal.
Apple Celeriac Salad
Credit: Yummly
Thisapple celeriac saladeffortlessly mixes sweet and salty, crunchy and soft, fruits and veggies. Its base of apples, bacon, pumpkin seeds, and parsley is drizzled with a citrusy, tangy dressing that complements all of its unique flavors.
Celeriac Curry Recipes
One of the best things about celeriac is how it soaks up the flavor of the dishes it's in. This ability makes it perfect for flavorful curry dishes.
Carrot, Butter Bean, and Celeriac Curry
Credit: Lucy Hyland
This warm and homeycarrot, butter bean, and celeriac curryis savory and flavorful. Buttery, tangy, and spicy flavors mingle and simmer, infusing carrots, celeriac, butter beans, and onions. While mildly difficult to make, this dish is more effort-intensive than talent-intensive.
Goan Spiced Celeriac and Lentil Curry
Credit: Abel & Cole
Perfect for vegetarians and vegans, thisGoan spiced celeriac and lentil currymakes a healthy and flavor-filled winter meal. The Goan spices add a rich and savory flavor to this curry, which is amplified by nutty lentils, chunky celeriac, tender spinach, and silky coconut milk.
Curry Butter Roasted Celeriac with Yogurt, and Crispy Curry Leaves
Credit: Mindfood
Thiscurry butter-roasted celeriacrecipe is one of my favorites on this list. The crispiness of the curry leaves, mellowness of the yogurt, and savoriness of the curry butter-roasted celeriac all come together for one mouth-watering creation. To top it off, not only does this meal taste unbelievably good, but it's also good for you!
Celeriac Pasta Recipes
There are a lot of sophisticated, satiating, savory pasta dishes that incorporate celeriac as an ingredient, topping, or sauce addition.
Quail, Confit Garlic, and Celeriac Risotto
Credit: Olive Magazine
Thisquail, confit garlic, and celeriac risottorecipe is fancy, flavorful, comfort food cuisine. It does require some culinary skills, so don't think that you will be able to hop from Kraft mac ’n cheese to effortlessly crafting it. That required skills and effort are reflected in its sophisticated flavor palette that will blow you away.
Celeriac Ribbons Tossed with Chard, Garlic, and Pumpkin Seeds
Credit: BBC Good Food
In this celeriac ribbons tossed with chard, garlic & pumpkin seedsrecipe, the celeriac is the pasta. Peeled into ribbons and boiled, it makes a nutritious, flavorful substitute for traditional pasta. That flavor is further brought out by this recipe's other ingredients, chard, pecorino, pumpkin seeds, garlic, and thyme.
Raw Vegan Stir Fry Noodles
Credit: Yummly
Thisraw vegan stir fry noodlesrecipe is perfect for vegans or people looking for an easy-to-make, veggie-packed lunch. To make it, you have to mix kelp noodles with your choice of shredded veggies, stir-fry spices and sauces, and of course, shredded celeriac.
Pappardelle With White Bolognese
Credit: Food Republic
Love pasta but not a huge fan of tomatoes?Then thispappardelle with white bolognesewill be right up your alley. This modern, sophisticated dish features simmered ground veal and pork in a white wine-based velvety cream sauce with fresh pappardelle and chunks of celeriac.
Celeriac Brunch Recipes
Start your day off right, not with cereal but rather celeriac! These delicious celeriac brunch recipes are worth waking up for.
Apple-and-Root-Vegetable Hash
Credit: Martha Stewart
Thisapple-and-root-vegetable hashrecipe will be the best hashbrowns you ever have. Seriously. They are unbelievably delicious, with expertly roasted potato, sweet potato, apple, and celeriac cubes, balancing a satisfying sweetness with a decadent savoriness.
Celery Root, Bacon, and Parmesan Rosti
Credit: I Breathe I'm Hungry
Change up your morning routine with thiscelery root, bacon, and parmesan rosti. These comfy, crispy, celeriac pancakes are absolute heaven on cold winter mornings. They somehow balance being unbelievably decadent and low in carbs.
Fresh Sardines on Toast with Celeriac Slaw
Credit: BBC Good Food
For a swanky brunch, make thisfresh sardines on toast with celeriac slawrecipe. This quick, simple-to-make meal is packed with flavor. You'll love how the grilled peppers, subtle taste of sourdough bread, salty sardines, and celeriac slaw play off each other.
Roasted Celeriac Recipes
One of my favorite ways to cook celeriac is by roasting it. Roasting celeriac brings out its subtle flavor and gives it a soft, melt-in-your-mouth consistency.
Whole Roasted Celeriac With Herbs, Olive Oil, and Sea Salt
Credit: One Green Planet
While thiswhole roasted celeriacrecipe may be simple, it's also simply delicious. This expertly roasted celeriac has a crunchy brown crust, while it's unique flavor is showcased through the addition of rosemary, thyme, sage, salt, and olive oil. This is the perfect side dish for hearty winter meals.
Whole Roasted Celeriac with Hazelnuts, Sourdough Croutons, and Greens
Credit: Saturday Kitchen Recipes
The crunchy skin and soft buttery center of the celeriac in this whole roasted celeriacrecipe are only two of the things that makes it such a stand-out. The addition of flavorful toppings like pea shoots, celery, and hazelnuts makes it really shine.
Celeriac Dauphinoise
Credit: Sainsbury's
This super easy-to-makeceleriac dauphinoiserecipe will become one of your family's new favorites. In this recipe, the celeriac is roasted within a creamy sauce, from which it picks up the richness and flavor. This decadent side dish develops a crispy, crunchy crust while roasting in the oven, which is absolutely to die for.
Celeriac Fries
Credit: Yummly
Who needs french fries when you can have these flavorful, crunchyceleriac fries?These fires are low in calories but not in flavor. Their salty coconut oil, sesame seed, and polenta coating is so delicious that regular fries will be ruined for you forever.
Bottom line
Celeriac is one ofthe best winter vegetablesout there, whether it's roasted, tossed with pasta, incorporated into brunch food, or eaten raw in a salad.
Let me know which celeriac recipe was your favorite in the comments. And as always, if you found this article inspiring, be sure to share it!
