Roasted Winter Root Vegetables With Apple

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups apple (or apple juice)
• 1 cup semisweet white (riesling or gewurztraminer)
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/4 lbs turnips
• 1 1/4 lbs parsnips
• 1 1/4 lbs carrots
• 1 1/4 lbs yams
• 1 1/4 lbs rutabagas (swede)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine the apple and in a heavy saucepan and reduce to 3/4 cup. this will take about 30 minutes.
• 2 whisk in the butter until smooth.
• 3 preheat oven to 425°f.
• 4 peel all the vegetables and cut in to 1/2 inch pieces.
• 5 use the largest roast pan you own (or use two roasting pans and divide the vegetables). pour the prepared apple / mixture over the vegetables. stir to coat.
• 6 sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 7 roast the vegetables until they are tender and golden, stirring occasionally and cook approximately 40 minutes.