Celeriac salad

You had a hectic time at the nursery Christmas party this afternoon (complete with a visit from Santa). So tea was nice calming food - a roast chicken, some potato wedges brushed with olive oil and baked in the oven, a spinachy salad, and the experimental celeriac salad.

I adapted this from a Jamie Oliver recipe - he includes vinegar and olive oil as well.

You'll need:

a celeriac
a heaped teaspoon of capers, finely chopped
a couple of large gherkins, chopped
two anchovies, finely chopped
a teaspoon dijon mustard
a couple of tablespoons of Greek yoghurt
a large teaspoon of mayonnaise
black pepper

First of all, peel your celeriac. Ours came out of the vegetable box, so it was fairly muddy, and sprayed soil all over the kitchen as I was trying to peel it. Oops.

Once all the skin has gone, keep peeling - you want lots of longish ribbons of celeriac. Ignore the fluffy bit in the middle - it can go on the compost heap.

Plonk the celeriac in a bowl, and add the gherkins, anchovies and capers. Mix. Swearing when you drop the capers on the floor is optional.

Mix together the yoghurt, mustard and mayonnaise in a small bowl, season with lots of black pepper, and then sling over the celeriac. Give it all a good stir, until everything is coated.