Tips on how to make celeriac taste less like celeriac

[uberalice]

I got a celeriac in my veg box this week. I generally ask them to exclude it, as I don't like it, but they made a mistake, so here it is. Not wanting to waste food, I've chopped half of it, and am boiling it with some potatoes to make mash. Anything else I can do to make the taste a bit less pungent?

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Cod, I'm doing it with mash already, but every time I open the pan I get an overwhelming whiff of, well, celeriac, so I was hoping for some other ideas on how to mask the taste.

soften some apples and mash together/puree with the celeriac and eat with pork or sausages. V. Nice (and I don't like celeriac either on it's own)

And you can freeze it in case you don't happen to have any pork handy.

Apples sounds like a good plan. Thanks, Gingermonkey.

Any other ideas still welcome, as I've got the other half in the fridge for another day.

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with bacon somehow?
root vegetable dauphinoise?

Ditto - add mash, and a bit of garlic. It's lovely.

I use about 25% celeriac, 75% potato

How do I freeze it? Cook it first, or just put it in raw?

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Jamie O's roast chicken (the one with a lemon and parma ham)hasroasted celariac and roast potatoes.. it is scrum and you can hardly tell the difference between p abd c

freeze once cooked in apple/celeriac sauce mode. Grate it and add to shepherds pie, you can't taste it in that either (second spag bol idea - also works). You can grate it and make little rostis with it but they still taste like celeriac so not a lot of good . Ummmm, what else? Add to casseroles in tiny pieces, goes really soft and soaks up the casserole taste. You can eat it raw to, grate it into a salad (tastes nicer raw actually). I like celery very much, but not celeriac....why??!!! (can you also tell I have had a veg box with celeriac in a lot!?) Basically, my kids hate it and they eat it in all those guises and have never known (not the raw or rosti one...the hidden ones). Lordy, I am babbling here!!!!

There's lots of talk of meaty dishes here but we're having fish tonight. I hope it works out.

love the taste myself..

chop up small with veg for with stews
grate up in soups (veg soup and also i put in mushroom soup grated)
mash it with potatoes, turnips, other root veg..

couldnt get any this week just love it

it'll be fine....and if it isn't at least you tried! (and not just chucked it in the bin like I did when the beetroots arrived....bleurgh!!!!)

Thanks for all the tips everyone. I did the apple thing and it was quite nice. Ds1 was a bit suspicious, but he's 3 so no surprise there.

I'll give the garlic idea a try next time.

Hi everyone,
Just got celeriac in my veg box this week and spotted this thread - good timing - thank you!

Have found the following website with suggestions for celeriac recipes:
www.vegbox-recipes.co.uk/ingredients/celeriac.php

And Gingermonkey, it's got some tips for beetroot, too:
www.vegbox-recipes.co.uk/ingredients/beetroot.php

Thanks for all the celeriac ideas, everyone

Fingers crossed the toddler will eat it!