Roasted Parsnips with Cheese and Bacon
Ingredients: (serves 4)
500g parsnips
150g smoked streaky bacon
40g mature cheddar finely grated
2 Tbsp rapeseed oil
Method:
- Pre heat your oven to 180C.
- Peel and half or quater the parsnips. Place them in a heat proof bowl and poor over boiling salted water to cover them allow them to sit for 10 min to soften them up, then take them out and gently dry.
- In an oven proof dish add the oil and bacon and warm them up on a medium heat until they start to cook and you can see some of the juices of the bacon.
- Toss in the blanched parsnips and toss them in the oil and bacon juices, place in the oven for 20 min.
- Once the parsnips are half way through cooking and are starting to crisped sprinkle in the cheese and make sure each parsnip is well coated return to the oven and continue to roast until the cheese and parsnips have crisped.
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