Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 4 lbs turnips
  • 3 large sweet potatoes
  • 1 TBSP garlic powder
  • 1 TBSP dried sage
  • 1 tsp dried rosemary
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 lb sage pork sausage
  • 3 large onions
  • 5 ribs celery
  • 8 oz fresh button mushrooms
  • 1 apple
  • ½ cup tallow ((or lard, ghee, or coconut oil))

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Peel turnips and sweet potatoes and cut into ½ inch cubes.
  • Grease 2 large baking sheets with oil and evenly spread the turnips and sweet potatoes in them.
  • Sprinkle with some of the garlic powder, sage, rosemary, thyme, oregano, turmeric, pepper and salt and toss with your hands.
  • Put into oven and bake for about an hour until they are soft and starting to brown, tossing a few times to brown evenly.
  • While the turnips and sweet potatoes are cooking brown the sausage if you are using it.
  • When sausage is cooked, remove from pan, leaving drippings. 
  • While the sausage is cooking, finely dice the onions and celery.
  • Add the onion and celery to the pan once the sausage has cooked. You might need to add more oil.
  • Dice the mushrooms and peel and dice the apple
  • Add the mushrooms and apple to the pan once the onions and celery have started to soften.
  • Continue cooking until all are cooked.
  • Return sausage to the pan and add more of the above spices to your taste.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Once turnips and sweet potatoes are done, mix with the sausage/onion/celery/apple/mushroom mixture and continue mixing until well incorporated and starting to clump together.
  • Transfer to a greased 9x13 baking dish and warm in oven if serving immediately or put in refrigerator, covered, if using later.