Parsnips and Apples

Parsnips. Such tough sweet things. Maybe they just don't go with apples, but maybe they do.

I mean, they are so different - apple hangs around on trees and parsnip hides underneath the ground. Everyone knows the tender apple's name, and parsnip-who? It's a lonely thing. Yes it is. And of course, there is that unbridgeable divide - one is a vegetable, the other a fruit. Are they just meant to be apart, those two sweet things?

Let's find out. So I boiled parsnips and apples together and pureed them in the food processor and surprise!
Mousse-like consistency. Not altogether unpleasant. Needs something, but we might be on the road to magic.

Now to balance out the flavors. Or to take out the parsnips altogether, and call it apple sauce...