Celeriac root

Description

Celeriac is an unusual and nutritious vegetable with a wide variety of uses. It may offer several health benefits, such as improving bone and heart health.

Celeriac has green leaves and stalks that grow above ground and roots with a rough, brown skin that grow underground. While farmers grow celery for its edible leaves and stalks, they grow celeriac for its roots.

Some people refer to celeriac as celery root, but it is not the root of a celery stalk.

Other names for celeriac are knob celery and turnip-rooted celery. It belongs to the same plant family as carrots and is related to celery, parsley, and parsnips.

The edible part of the celeriac plant is the root. Inside, the root is pale and resembles a potato or turnip. Its flavor is similar to that of celery and parsley. A person can eat washed and peeled celeriac raw or prepare it using different cooking methods.

1 large Celeriac. Locally grown to us here in west Norfolk