Mashed Parsnips with Shitake Mushroom Sauce

Written by Meredith Hink MS, RD, CD
Yield: 8-9 servings
      

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Holiday cooking lends to creative presentation. This dish, utilizing white parsnip instead of potatoes, looks and tastes great as a savory and sweet, vegetable “sundae.”

Ingredients

  • 8 cups – parsnips, cleaned and trimmed, cut into matchsticks
  • Pan spray
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup shelled, chopped pistachios
  • 1- 12 oz. container Tofutti® Better than Sour Cream
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 3 Tbsp sliced shallots
  • 4 cups sliced shitake mushrooms (approx 8 oz)
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • 2 Tbsp cornstarch dissolved in 6-8 fl. oz water

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 325°F.
  2. Place parsnips on baking sheet that has been coated with pan spray. Bake 35-40 minutes or until parsnips are fork tender.
  3. While the parsnips are baking, heat one teaspoon olive oil in frying pan over medium heat.
  4. Add brown sugar and chopped pistachios.
  5. Stir approximately one to two minutes until pistachios are well coated.
  6. Take off heat and set aside.
  7. Clean frying pan and add one tablespoon olive oil. Heat over medium heat.
  8. Add shallots and cook until slightly brown, approximately three to five minutes.
  9. Add shitake mushrooms and cook until mushrooms are soft, approximately three to five minutes.
  10. Add vegetable broth.
  11. Stir in cornstarch and cook until sauce thickeners.
  12. When parsnips are finished baking, combine with Tofutti® Better than Sour Cream in a food processor and blend until parsnips are mashed (note: do not blend until smooth – just well mashed).
  13. For plating, scoop ½ cup mashed parsnips into a dish or bowl and top with ¼ cup mushroom sauce. Garnish with carmelized pistachios.