Turnip and Potato Patties

Are you a turnip lover? If so, try these delicious turnip and potato patties! They're a cross between pancakes and fritters, but made with turnips and potatoes.

Turnip Potato Patties
Sally Vargas

Turnips on their own can be on the bitter side. Great for those who love nothing more than the zing of strong turnip, but for the rest of us? Enter the potato.

When you cook and mash turnips together with potatoes, and then fry them up in savory patty, you transform this bitter root into something wonderful!

These patties are from a decades old issue of Gourmet magazine (1985) that my father has held onto for years. They're terrific, not too turnipy, and sort of a cross between a pancake and a fritter. Yum!

Turnip and Potato Patties

Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 45 mins
Servings 6 patties

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound turnips, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch cubes (about 1 1/3 cups)

  • 6 ounces potato, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 1 cup)

  • 2 1/2 tablespoons scallion greens, thinly sliced

  • 1 egg, beaten lightly

  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

  • Extra virgin olive oil, canola oil, or peanut oil

  • Salt and pepper

Method

  1. Cook chopped turnip and potato in boiling water:

    In a large saucepan of boiling salted water, cook the turnip and potato cubes for 15 to 17 minutes, or until they are tender, and drain them.

  2. Mash turnips and potatoes:

    In a bowl, mash the cooked turnips and potatoes with a fork and stir in the scallions, the egg, flour, and salt and pepper to taste.

  3. Fry the patties:

    Coat the bottom of a large, heavy bottomed skillet with about 1/4-inch of the oil. Heat the pan on medium high heat until the surface of the oil begins to shimmer, but not smoke.

    Spoon 1/4-cup mounds of the turnip potato batter into the pan, flattening them into 1/2-inch thick patties with the back of a spatula.

    Fry the patties until they are golden, turning them once, about 4 minutes on each side. Transfer the patties to paper towels to drain off excess oil.

Recipe adapted from Gourmet Magazine, January 1985.

Turnip Potato Patties
Sally Vargas
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
86 Calories
3g Fat
12g Carbs
3g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 6
Amount per serving
Calories 86
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3g 4%
Saturated Fat 1g 3%
Cholesterol 31mg 10%
Sodium 70mg 3%
Total Carbohydrate 12g 4%
Dietary Fiber 2g 6%
Total Sugars 2g
Protein 3g
Vitamin C 8mg 38%
Calcium 24mg 2%
Iron 1mg 4%
Potassium 240mg 5%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. In cases where multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included.