Ingredients:

3 or 4 good-sized parsnips
1 tablespoon butter
Pinch of salt and ground black pepper
Flour
Lard or vegetable oil for frying


Preparation:

• Take three or four good-sized parsnips. Boil them until tender. Mash and season with a butter, a pinch of salt and pepper.
  
• Have ready a plate with some sifted flour on it. Drop a tablespoonful of the parsnip mixture in the flour and roll it about until well coated and formed into a ball.
  
• When you have a sufficient number of parsnip balls ready, drop them into boiling drippings or lard, as you would a fritter; fry a delicate brown and serve hot. 

NOTE: These are also very good fried in a frying pan with a small quantity of lard and butter mixed, turning them over so as to fry both sides brown.


TIP: Do not put them in a covered dish, for that would steam them and deprive them of their crispness, which is one of their great charms.