Celeriac And Apple Mash

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

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 1 cup water
• 1 lb celeriac, peeled, cored, and cut into pieces (celery root)
• 1 lb yukon gold potato, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 medium granny smith apple, peeled, cored, and cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 medium shallot, coarsely chopped
• 1 dried bay leaf
• coarse salt
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3/4 ounce blue cheese, such as buttermilk blue, danish blue (about 2 tablespoons) or 3/4 ounce roquefort cheese, plus more for crumbling on top

Recipe

• 1 bring stock, water, celeriac, potatoes, apple, shallot, bay leaf, and 1 teaspoon salt to a boil in a large pot.
• 2 cook until tender (about 10 minutes).
• 3 strain, reserving liquid; discard bay leaf.
• 4 coarsely mash with with a potato masher.
• 5 using a fork, mash together butter and blue cheese in a small bowl.
• 6 stir into celeriac mixture.
• 7 season with salt.
• 8 spoon into a warm serving bowl, and crumble blue cheese on top.
• 9 note: mash can be made up to an hour ahead; transferred to a heatproof bowl, cover, and set over a pan of barely simmering water).