Radishes and Hakurei white turnips have been a mainstay of my CSA box. I have wondered what a braised radish soup would be like – and playing off the combination of raw radishes and butter – I’ve added Yukon potatoes to bump up the buttery factor and Hakurei white turnips to add to the sweetness. Pink peppercorns are, in my mind, the perfect match for this soup – delicate, fruity with an underlying spiciness. Sometimes my CSA adds a bag of “roasting roots” including radishes, beets and turnips that have surface imperfections but are perfect for roasting. I used the imperfect radishes in this recipe by peeling them first – in part to utilize the radishes but also to preserve the color of the soup itself. - gingerroot

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