Vegetable Oyster Soup
Poor Man’sOyster Stew
Ingredients
- 1½ cups salsify root peeled and diced
- ½ cup onions carrots, and celery (choose how much of each you want), finely diced
- 2 cups water
- 1 T. vinegar
- 1 T. butter
- 1 quart milk or half-and-half
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a heavy saucepot, mix together the salsify, vegetables, water, and vinegar.
- Simmer until vegetables are tender; drain.
- Add butter, milk, and salt and pepper to taste; bring to a simmer and serve.
- Salsify is a member of the dandelion family, but you use the root part of the plant, which is suggestive of a thin parsnip.
Notes & Wine Advice
The ugly looking “skin” of the salsify belies the delicately flavored root’s interior. Some folks think salsify tastes a bit like oysters; thus the name “Poor Man’s Oyster Stew.”