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Healthy ploughman's with pickled carrots

Name: Healthy ploughman's with pickled carrots
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 bunches (750g) baby heirloom carrots (unpeeled), scrubbed, trimmed; 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1 cup (250ml) white vinegar; 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar; 2 tablespoons salt; 2 teaspoons whole allspice; 2 teaspoons cumin seeds; 2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds; 500g thick Greek-style yoghurt; 2 teaspoons isot (see note) or sumac; 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil; 200g pastrami; 2 corella pears; 4 simit (Turkish bread rings)

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by Shannon Harley

delicious. team

Oct 03, 2015

Support a healthy gut with this delicious probiotic ploughman's platter with homemade healthy pickles.

2 bunches (750g) baby heirloom carrots (unpeeled), scrubbed, trimmed
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 cup (250ml) white vinegar
1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons whole allspice
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds
500g thick Greek-style yoghurt
2 teaspoons isot (see note) or sumac
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
200g pastrami
2 corella pears
4 simit (Turkish bread rings)

Method

1.

Begin this recipe 1 week ahead.
2.

To make the pickled carrots, pack carrots and garlic vertically into a 1L (4-cup) sterilised jar. Place the vinegar, sugar, salt and spices in a saucepan with 2 cups (500ml) water. Bring to the boil, stirring until sugar and salt dissolve, then simmer for 4-5 minutes. Pour the hot pickling mixture into the jar to cover carrots. Seal with a lid, then cool before refrigerating for at least 1 week.
3.

For the labne, line a large sieve set over a deep bowl with muslin. Combine yoghurt with 1 tsp salt, then place in the sieve and gather edges of muslin together to secure. Place in the fridge and drain for 2 days.
4.

Transfer labne to a bowl, making an indent in the top with the back of a spoon. Combine isot or sumac with oil, then drizzle over labne. Serve with pickled carrots, pastrami, sliced pear and simit.