Casserole recipes can be the perfect side dish to accompany chicken, beef, pork or fish. This mashed turnip casserole uses simple fresh ingredients.
Creamy mashed turnips are baked in the oven and topped with crunchy cracker crumbs and fresh tomato slices.
Side Dish Casserole Recipe
- Mashed turnips are smooth and creamy with a custard-like texture. It's topped with crunchy buttery cracker crumbs and fresh tomato slices.
- This side dish is inexpensive and uses simple ingredients from the grocery store. Serve it with roasted turkey, roast beef, glazed ham, or your favorite chicken recipe.
- Turnips are an easy root vegetable to use but can be replaced with rutabaga, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, or carrots.
- This recipe uses crushed crackers for the perfect crunch. Feel free to use your favorite style of cracker.
- Fresh tomatoes are a lovely addition but aren't required. This recipe will taste great with or without them.
Recipe Ingredients
VEGETABLES: Turnips are peeled, and mashed for this recipe. This recipe would work with other root vegetables. If using a different root vegetable, you might want to add less sweetener. For example, sweet potatoes or carrots tend to be sweet enough on their own. Freshly sliced tomatoes top the recipe after it's baked.
CRACKERS: These add the perfect crunch to the creamy custard-like turnip base. I used town house pretzel flipside crackers. Regular soda crackers, ritz crackers or tortilla chips will also work.
How To Make Mashed Turnip Casserole
- Wash, peel and slice the turnips. Boil until tender when poked with a fork: drain, and mash.
- Mix eggs and other ingredients in a bowl according to full recipe instructions below.
- Add to mashed turnips and stir together. Pour into casserole dish and top with crushed crackers.
- Bake until edges golden. Top with fresh tomato slices.
- Serve and enjoy!
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge up to 4-5 days. Remove tomatoes while reheating in the microwave.
This recipe does not freeze well. The crackers will just get mushy.
Recipe Tips
- Use a vegetable peeler or knife to slice off outer skin of turnips.
- Turnips absorb excess water. Drain any excess liquid after mashing them.
- Use a hand masher to break apart turnip before mashing with a hand mixer.
- Swap the flour with gluten-free flour or arrowroot flour for an easy gluten-free version.
- Crush a few crackers into a measuring cup until you reach 1 cup worth.
- Slice tomatoes thin and remove seeds if desired. Substitute with any fresh crispy vegetable such as cucumbers, bell peppers, radishes, or celery.
More Side Dish Casserole Recipes
- Baked Cauliflower Casserole is combined with tomatoes, herbs and breadcrumbs.
- Potatoes Au Gratin is another casserole-style side dish using potatoes and cheese.
- Sweet Potato Pineapple Casserole with marshmallow topping.
- Ham Cheese and Pasta Casserole uses easy ingredients for an all-in-one dinner.
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Mashed Turnip Casserole
Ingredients
- 3 lbs turnip - peeled and chopped (about 6 cups)
- 2 eggs - beaten
- 2 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar - brown sugar, coconut sugar, maple syrup, honey, etc.
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Topping:
- 3 tablespoon salted butter
- 1 cup cracker crumbs
- 1 tomato - sliced thin
Instructions
- Wash, peel and slice the turnip into small pieces.
- Add turnip to a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then reduce to let simmer. Cook until turnip is tender when poked with a fork.
- Drain the cooked turnip then add to a bowl.
- Mash the turnip using a potato masher or hand mixer (I found success using a wood masher first, followed by hand mixer to finish the job).
- Spray a casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Beat two eggs with a fork.
- Add in the sugar, flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. Mix together.
- Pour into the mashed turnip bowl and mix.
- Crush 1 cup worth of crackers with your hands.
- Melt 3 tablespoon of butter in the microwave, then add crackers and mix together.
- Pour the mashed turnips into greased casserole dish. Sprinkle the buttered cracker crumbs over top. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until edges begin to turn golden brown.
- Remove from oven and top with fresh tomato slices. Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes:
- Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge up to 4-5 days. Remove tomatoes while reheating in the microwave.
- This recipe does not freeze well. The crackers will just get mushy.
- Use a vegetable peeler or knife to slice off outer skin of turnips.
- Turnips absorb excess water. Drain any excess liquid after mashing them.
Nutrition Info
The nutritional information provided is an estimate and is per serving.
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