How to Use celeriac in a Sentence

celeriac

noun
  • Try doing it with raw beets, a whole head of celeriac or a big fish.
    Washington Post, 12 July 2019
  • Sprinkle with Kosher salt and spread a thin layer of the celeriac puree on top.
    Dan Lindbergand, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Whole scup comes striped black with grill marks, over celeriac puree and wild rice, salsa verde draped across its middle like a sash.
    Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Blacklock also offers a whole bulb of celeriac, cooked like the meat over a charcoal fire.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Bastible’s serves up specialties like ox cheek, celeriac, and local cheeses.
    Zachary Schwartz, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Ismail’s job each day is to pick and wash about 1,000 celeriac, which is used in stews.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2017
  • Food 52 says parsley root can take the place of celeriac, carrots, parsnips and turnips in recipes that call for them.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Try subbing leeks or shallots for the onion, celeriac or fennel for the celery, and parsnips or turnips for the carrots.
    Jessica Harlan, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Dowding sows both leeks and celeriac under cover in module trays at the same time, around mid-March.
    Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026
  • Roasted celeriac gets a decadent glow up, served with tangy staka cream (like next-level butter) and truffles.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Cover the potatoes with half the sweet potatoes in the same way; then the celeriac; then the remaining sweet potatoes; then the parsnips.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Jan. 2024
  • From the barn kitchen, Hart can see the overwintering celeriac root and parsley in the 4-acre garden.
    Catherine M. Allchin, The Seattle Times, 5 Feb. 2019
  • Among the highlights in small plates are the incredible celeriac carbonara and steak tartare with beef fat pangratatto, raw egg, charred bread.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • For the perfect crunch, smash small potatoes before roasting and for a creamy treat; try simmering celeriac in milk before mashing.
    Plum Organics®, Bon Appetit, 1 Apr. 2017
  • In this case that meant the likes of feather-light cakes of local Jonah crabmeat, bound with artichoke, and jacked up with tangy celeriac slaw.
    Alexandra Hall, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2018
  • Spinach, mache, cabbage, celery and the celery relative celeriac.
    Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Alternatively, cut the potatoes, sweet potatoes and celeriac in half and slice across as thinly as possible by hand, with a sharp knife.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Out goes the asparagus appetizer with quail egg, beetroot and celeriac rémoulade for 22 ½ pounds a head.
    Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 11 June 2018
  • The elegance really comes from the main ingredient, celery root, which is also known as celeriac.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The vegetable broth — made from onion, carrot, celeriac and fennel tops — was served in a bowl with diced kosher pickles, beef bacon and a crispy, crunchy Myrna potato disk.
    Danny Palumbo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The celeriac mousseline is silky and warm, and the bordelaise brings everything together with that deep, savory finish.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Cozy up with warm plates, including black truffle soup with celeriac purée and parmesan tuile; and goat cheese ravioli with fromage blanc and English spinach.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Other standouts include a radicchio salad flavored with agave and wild blackberry vinegar (shown above) and a wild mushroom broth with immune-boosting shiitake, kombu and baked celeriac.
    New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Signature dishes include Kilmore Quay scallops with celeriac, brown butter, and truffle.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The flavors in the beef carpaccio antipasti with Pioppini mushrooms, green apple chunks, and celeriac were beautifully balanced.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Spiralizers work well with sturdy produce such as zucchini, carrots, beets, celeriac, eggplant, sweet and white potatoes, parsnips, turnips, broccoli stems, jicama, firm apples and pears.
    Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2017
  • Start with the house Guinness bread, then dig into head chef Dermot Staunton’s modern Irish fare like beef cheek braised in stout with horseradish cream, roast celeriac, and kale salsa verde.
    Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 14 Oct. 2017
  • In the vegetable garden, plant seed for beets, carrots, celeriac, celery, collards, endive, fennel, jicama, kale, leaf lettuce, mustard, peas, potatoes, radish, spinach, Swiss chard and turnips.
    Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The menu changes with the seasons but previous bites have included Yakama sturgeon with celeriac and arugula, Alaskan pink singing scallop en papillote, and sweetbread with leeks and yellow foot mushrooms.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Old regulars now nurse pints of ale at the bar alongside more obsessive homesteaders, sipping the latest artisanal brew from nearby Hackney Brewery while nibbling on hand-pies filled with pig’s head and celeriac.
    Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019

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