Christmas Parsnips – Roasted with honey

Name: Christmas Parsnips - roasted with honey
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 500 g Parsnips; 2 tbsp Sunflower Oil; 2 tbsp Clear Honey; 2 teaspoons Butter; Salt & Black Pepper; Fresh herbs to garnish (Parsley ot thyme )

Delicious sweet and sticky roast Christmas parsnips recipe for your festive Christmas lunch or Thanksgiving (or for any time to be honest)

I flipping love roast parsnips all the time, but I do put a little extra effort in for my Christmas Parsnips.

With a few little special tweaks to make them delicious and extra special at celebration time

Just look at them 🙂 all golden and sticky

Parsnips

I love parsnips, so much

The parsnip is a root vegetable closely related to carrot

They re cream in colour and a root vegetable growth in the ground

They are generally & naturally quite sweet – yum!

Health Benefits of Parsnips

The have some health benefits too, which is great: (according to wiki)

They are fibre rich
They act as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.
Helps regulate blood pressure.
As a source of vitamin C, parsnips are an immune-defence, helping to fight off infection.

How to cook Honey Roasted Parsnips

*** See full recipe card at the bottom of this post for full details

Step 1 – Prepare your Parsnips

First peel and chop your parsnips into wedges, try and make them all similar sizes it you can

If I have a large parsnip I city into 4 lengthways and if I have a medium one I cut into 2

Step 2 – Parboil your Parsnips

Then parboil for maximum 5 minutes in boiling water – do not let them boil for too long, they should not be full cooked

Step 3 – Coast your parsnips in honey & oil

Drain well and pat dry to remove excess water

Then tip your oil, honey and butter mix over them and carefully toss so they are all covered

Step 4 – Get your Christmas parsnips ready for the oven

Put them onto a baking tray

In one layer and not touching each other – you need the heat to get to all sides

Bake for 30 – 35 minutes – turning once after 20 minutes

Step 5 – Turn

Here they are cooking nicely in the oven

When they are golden and bubbling and cooked through serve

The honey reaches a very high temperature so be careful of your fingers

Step 6 – remove and serve your Christmas Honey Parsnips

Garnish with fresh herbs – thyme works really well and season with salt and black pepper – Enjoy!!

Can I prepare my Parsnips on Christmas Eve?

Yes there are a few ways:

Peel and slice your parsnips on Christmas Eve (or a day ahead) and store them in a resealable bag in the fridge (this is what I do)
You could part boil your parsnips the day before, by following step 4. Drain and dry. Then put them in an airtight container in the fridge – follow then from Step 5
It is possibly to prepare almost fully – remove from. oven 5 Minutes early – cool and refrigerate. Then reheat on Christmas Day with a quick 10 minute blast in the oven, you can do this whilst the turkey is resting (watch you don’t burn then – remember they have honey on them)

Other lovely Christmas & Thanksgiving recipes you might like

I have a lot of easy Christmas recipes – have a look around

Look at these sprouts 🙂

And one last Parsnip Recipe

Curried Parsnip Soup

As you can probably tell I like Parsnip Soup – this is a delicious and warming Curried Parsnip Soup

Or maybe my Carrot and parsnip soup? It’s so healthy!

Hope you love them

Big Love Clare x