Also known as celeriac remoulade, this celery root salad is a refreshing accompaniment to seafood dishes and very easy to make. Celery root looks like a giant turnip, but tastes more like a cross between celery and jicama.
The result is a cool coleslaw-like salad without the taste of cabbage. Yum! Sacramento chef Evie Lieb prepared this salad to go with the panko-crusted salmon in our recent cooking class.
Two helpful tips are to 1) use a rubber mallet to help get the chef’s knife through the hard celery root, and 2) use a food processor, not a hand grater to do the grating.
Celery Root Salad Recipe
PrintIngredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp chopped parsley
- 1 lb celery root - quartered, peeled, and coarsely grated just before mixing
- 1/2 tart green apple, peeled, cored, julienned
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Method
Combine the mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice and parsley in a medium-sized bowl. Fold in the celery root and apple and season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.
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I love celery root salad. This recipe was okay, I liked the apples. But personally I like my Oma from Germany’s recipe better. Boil whole for 40-60 mins depends on size, peel off outside and any dark deep areas, cut in small to med chunks. chop onion, mix well, add olive or Grapeseed oil, add a splash of apple cider vinegar, and squirt some Braggs Liquid Aminos in for flavor(they used to use Maggi), salt & pepper to taste (add salt after the Braggs Aminos), and mix well, Eat warm or refrigerate for a delicious salad.
Made this, perhaps my celeriac had less,flavor,than some, I found it kind of … blah. Added a drizzle of honey, more pepper and it was all better! Probably my sweet tooth talking…
Hi Elise!
Thank you for the wonderful recipe my family loves it, even my aunt ask me to make it again for her birthday..it was a hit. I added it in my blog to keep all my favorite recipes handy.
All the best!
Joy
I live in Orlando Florida, where do you purchase celery root?
You can probably get celery root at the Whole Foods in Orlando, if not other markets. ~Elise
I live in south Florida. Where do you purchase Celery Root to use in recipes. I have tried grocery stores,farmers markets et.Seems they have every other kind of root. I also have asked people in health food store to where I can get it. No one seems to know.
Thanks