Mild & speedy radishes?

[MissS]

Dixie D. Vereen for The Washington Post

JUL 8, 2015
An easy soup that makes use of radish greens. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida makes this for her family and featured the recipe on her clean-cooking Instagram account.

Make Ahead: The soup can be refrigerated for up to 2 days. Reheat over low heat.

Where to Buy: The recipe allows you to replace the unsalted butter with coconut butter, which is thick and contains coconut meat; it is not the same thing as coconut oil. Find it at health food and/or organic foods stores; Artisana brand is available at MOM’s Organic Markets.

SERVINGS:
8

Tested size: 8 servings; makes 8 cups

INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons unsalted butter (may substitute coconut butter; see headnote)
1 to 1 1/2 large onions, diced
3 medium (17 ounces total) Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and diced
10 ounces radish greens, rinsed well, chopped (6 cups; from 2 pounds of bunch radishes)
6 cups no-salt-added chicken broth
1/3 to 1/2 cup low-fat or regular half-and-half
7 red radishes, thinly sliced or cut into julienne, for garnish
DIRECTIONS
Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring a few times, until tender.

Add the potatoes and radish greens and stir to evenly coat, then pour in the broth. Increase the heat to medium-high; once the mixture has come to a boil, reduce the heat to medium-low; cook uncovered for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Allow the soup mixture to cool slightly.

Working in batches as needed, transfer the mixture to a blender; remove the center knob and place a paper towel over the opening (so steam can escape, and to avoid splash-ups). Puree until smooth.

Pour the puree through a strainer set over the same saucepan; discard the solids. Stir in the half-and-half (to taste). Cook over low heat, stirring, until well blended.

Divide among individual bowls. Serve warm, garnished with radish slices.

[jmsieglaff]

I've tried a variety of radishes over the years, hybrids and OPs, ultimately I found in my garden Champion F1 is the most consistent, early, good textured and not overly spicy. I do enjoy rattail radishes quite a bit as well, they produce like crazy, pickled some one year like green beans, those were terrific.

[TomatoNut95]

Wasn't sure where else to put this; today I harvested several Early Scarlet Globe, White Icicle and Sparkler White Tip today. I have them cooking right now.

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[Shule]

I love radishes, but I don't grow them enough. I have some De 18 Jours radish seeds that I've been meaning to grow for a couple years now, or so. I'm not sure how spicy they are, but they look like a French Breakfast type, and are the earliest radish I know about.

If you want to take the spiciness out of radishes, all you have to do is cook them. You might try a radish cream soup, or a radish chowder; I had one once, and it was excellent. I'm not sure of the recipe.

I have a couple things to add. I neglected to say that radishes cooked in a chowder taste a lot like potatoes.

Also, I've since grown De 18 Jours. It can get spicy, but probably not more than any other radish I've grown (possibly less). It did turn out to be pretty early (I'm not sure if it was 18 days).