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                   TURNIP PUREE WITH CHEESE AND PEARS

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cheese/Eggs                      Fruits
               Vegetables

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1       lb           Turnips
                       -- peeled and cut in half
  1       lb           Pears -- peeled and cored
    1/3   c            Shallots -- minced
  2       tb           Butter or margarine -- melted
    1/4   c            Gorgonzola cheese (1 oz.)
                       -- shredded
                       Salt and pepper -- to taste
  1       d            Nutmeg

 Place turnips in a vegetable steamer over boiling
 water.  Cover and steam 15 to 20 minutes or until
 turnips are tender.  Set turnips aside.  Place pears
 in steamer over boiling water.  Cover; steam 5 to 10
 minutes or until pears are tender.

 Saute shallots in butter in a small skillet until
 tender.  Transfer shallot mixture to container of an
 electric blender or food processor. Add half the
 turnips, half the pears and 2 tb cheese; cover and
 process until smooth.  Transfer mixture to a serving
 bowl.

 Repeat procedure with turnips, pears and cheese.
 Sprinkle turnip mixture with salt, pepper and nutmeg;
 stir well.  Serve hot or chilled.

 Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

 From _Academic Apron_ by The Middlesex School/Concord,
 MA.  In _America's Best Recipes: A 1989 Hometown
 Collection_.  Birmingham, AL: Oxmoor House, Inc.,
 1989. Pg. 319.  ISBN 0-8487-0765-6. Electronic format
 by Cathy Harned.



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