Grilled Spring Turnip Appetizer Recipe
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Grilled Spring turnips are smoky and delicious, so turnip for early Spring vegetables! This vegetarian appetizer recipe serves four people and is great for Spring barbeques, small gatherings, and parties. If the Spring weather isn’t nice enough for grilling, you can use your air fryer grill pan or your oven to cook the turnips.
The aioli made with pasture-raised farm fresh eggs and organic lemons brightens up the smokiness of the grilled turnips. The turnips can be cut into thin discs for dipping while snacking or thicker pieces for skewering on kabobs for a vegetarian side dish. This Grilled Spring Turnip Appetizer Recipe with lemon aioli is a versatile recipe that can be used with other in season root vegetables like Summer radishes and Fall parsnips.
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Ingredients
Turnips
- 3 medium turnips (baby turnips or Hakurei turnips preferred, but any turnip will do!)
- 2 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- generous pinch of smoked paprika
- salt and pepper to taste
Aioli
- 1 large farm fresh egg
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 + 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
- zest of one lemon
- 1/2 tsp. Dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp. finely chopped thyme leaves
- 1 cup vegetable oil or grapeseed oil
Directions
Place all ingredients for the aioli, except oil, into a blender then slowly add oil while blending, allowing the ingredients to emulsify into a smooth homogenous sauce. This is a great job for your handheld immersion blender or small to medium-sized blender. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Wash and peel for turnips. Cut turnips into 1/4” disks. Toss the sliced turnips in olive oil, salt, pepper, smoked paprika. Grill on high, 2-4 minutes on each side until fork tender.
Plate with aioli on the side for dipping.