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Kitchen garden cook Turnips

Seared scallops with creamy turnip purée and salsa verde

Ingredients

Serves 4

500g turnips, peeled and chopped20g butter75ml double cream2 handfuls fresh parsley1 handful fresh basil2 cloves garlic2tbspn capers2 salted anchovy1tbspn Dijon mustard½ lemon, juice of200ml olive oil12 scallops

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