Celeriac
Celeriac (Apium graveolens Rapaceum Group) (also known as 'turnip-rooted celery' or 'knob celery'), is a specially selected Cultivar Group of celery, grown as a root vegetable for its large and well-developed taproot rather than for its stem and leaves. The root is used when it is about 10-12 cm diameter, or the size of a large potato.
The hollow stalk of the upper plant can be cut into drinking straw lengths, rinsed out, and used for tomato drinks such as the Bloody Mary. The tomato juice moving through the stalk is lightly permeated with the celery flavor. It is not as popular as other root vegetables, especially in the western hemisphere, very possibly owing to its garish appearance before cleaning: it has been described as "a vegetable octopus", owing to the tangle of rootlets that grow at the base.
Celeriac Nutrition Facts: Calories, Carbs, and Health Benefits
TweetCeleriac is 88% water, contains 9.2% carbohydrates, 0.3% fat, and 1.5% protein. If you consume one cup of celeriac it will provide you with 14.352 grams of carbohydrates. That translates to 11.04 percent of the 130 grams of carbohydrates people should include in their daily diet. That same in an amount measuring 100 grams (3.5 Oz), celeriac provides 176 kilojoules (42 kilocalories) of energy and is a rich source of Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) (45.56% of the Daily Value). This means that if you add celeriac in your diet it will help your body to stabilise blood clots and heal wounds faster, retent of episodic memory (in older people), maintain healthy bone growth and resorption and will be effective against excessive bleedinghigh cholesterol levelneuronal damage in the brain. Besides it it contains a moderate amount of Phosphorus (16.43% DV).