Recipe Category: Vegetables
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Ingredients
SERVES 6 – Cooker: 5- to 7-quart – Time: 5 minutes at HIGH pressure
- 1 pound carrots, peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks
- 1 pound rutabagas, peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks
- dash sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Method
- Place the carrots and rutabagas in a 5- to 7-quart pressure cooker and fill with water to cover
- It is okay if a few edges of the vegetables are peeking up out of the water
- Sprinkle with the salt
- Close and lock the lid
- Set the burner heat to high
- When the cooker reaches HIGH pressure, reduce the burner heat as low as you can and still maintain HIGH pressure
- Set a timer to cook for 5 minutes
- Remove the pot from the heat
- Open the cooker with the Quick Release method
- Be careful of the steam as you remove the lid
- The roots should be soft and tender when pierced with the tip of a knife and hold their shape a bit
- Drain the vegetables in a colander
- Puree them, either in a food processor or return to the pot and use an immersion blender or handheld electric mixer
- Add the butter and beat to the desired consistency, very smooth or a bit chunky (smashed)
- Taste for salt and pepper
- Serve immediately
- Buttery Carrot and Potato Puree: Substitute 1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes for the rutabagas
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