German

Kohlrabigemuese (Kohlrabi in Light Bechamel)

Name: Kohlrabigemuese (Kohlrabi in Light Bechamel)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2 lb kohlrabi, diced; 1 cup vegetable broth; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp all-purpose flour; 1 cup milk; 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Jonas @jonas_koeln

Kohlrabigemuese (Kohlrabi in Light Bechamel) is German home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Easy High fiber Heart healthy Vegetarian Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 lb kohlrabi, diced
1 cup vegetable broth
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Simmer the diced kohlrabi in the vegetable broth in a covered saucepan for 12 to 15 minutes, until just tender, then drain, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid.
Melt the butter in a separate saucepan, whisk in the flour, and cook for 1 minute.
Gradually whisk in the milk and the reserved cooking liquid, and simmer, stirring, until thickened, about 5 minutes.
Fold the kohlrabi into the sauce and warm through for 2 minutes, then season with the salt and pepper.
Scatter the parsley over the top before serving; a different vegetable from peas and carrots, bound in a sauce rather than glazed, and a German vegetable in a way nothing else on the shelf is.

Watch how to cook Kohlrabigemuese (Kohlrabi in Light Bechamel)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Serve it with

A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kohlrabigemuese (Kohlrabi in Light Bechamel), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham)
  
  10 min
What it is eaten with
- Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes)
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Apfelmus (German Applesauce)
  
  20 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kohlrabigemuese (Kohlrabi in Light Bechamel) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Kohlrabigemuese (Kohlrabi in Light Bechamel)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Gemuesepfanne (Simple Vegetable Pan)
Gluten	Yes	Erbsen und Moehren (Peas and Carrots)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 180 kcal
Protein: 6 g
Carbs: 20 g
Fat: 8 g
Fiber: 8 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 600 mg
Saturated fat: 5 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Kohlrabigemuese (Kohlrabi in Light Bechamel) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in spring and summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.