Celery Root Salad - Antillana Supermarket

 The whole multi-cultural experience reveals interesting things from time to time.

As a kid, I used to love a salad made from Celery root, but most supermarkets do not carry it. Once in a while, I could find it at the Green Market by Virginia Park (Parkchester Station), but it was hit or miss.

Now we have a new Antillana Supermarket at 2750 East Tremont Avenue. They carry celery root, and I made my favorite salad immediately.

The recipe is simple, you need to vary it with the size of the root, but here it is:

Celery root.

And here again, before I skinned it with a potato peeler.

On the left you see them skinned and quartered and above,
and above I julienne them to match stick size.

And finally the end result.

Here is the super simple recipe:

• one celery root, julienned to match stick size.
• juice of 1-2 lemons depending on size,
• about 2 tbsp honey per lemon
• about 2-3 tbsp of raisins per each lemon (soak in warm water first, till they are soft)

Mix it all together, let it marinate in the fridge for a day, it is always better the second day.

You can eat this on toast or a cracker. I love it on a Wasa cracker.

And now the mission is to find out what the Dominicans make with it. 😉