Vegetable
Turnip
About This Entry
Turnip offers peppery brassica root character — mashed, roasted, or in stew, it suits rustic farmhouse whites and light northern reds.
Wine Pairing Explanation
Primary wine styles
Common Culinary Uses
- carrot
At a Glance
Group
Root Vegetables
Classification
Vegetables
Culinary role
root
Scientific name
Brassica rapa subsp. rapa
Scientific Classification
- Display name
- Turnip
- Classification
- Vegetables
- Group
- Root Vegetables
- Scientific name
- Brassica rapa subsp. rapa
Taxonomy
- Culinary role
- root
- Plant part
- root
- Texture
- dense
- Moisture class
- medium
- Flavor intensity
- moderate
- Seasonality
- winter