Salt-baked beetroot with sesame and goat's cheese
serves
8
salt-baked beetroot with sesame and goat's cheese
Federico Zanellato brings us the tastiest beetroot side salad for your next Italian feast.
Ingredients (8)
- 4 large beetroots
- 500g rock salt
- 3 eggwhites, plus 1 egg yolk
- 150g tahini
- 2 tbs each soy sauce and mirin
- 1 cup (250ml) grapeseed oil
- 2 tsp honey
- Goat’s cheese, freshly grated horseradish, toasted black sesame seeds and chopped chives, to serve
Method
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1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Place beetroot on a baking tray. Whiz the salt in a food processor until nely crushed, then whisk in a bowl with eggwhites to a paste.
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2.Coat beetroots in the salt paste to completely cover. Roast for 2 hours or until tender when pierced with a skewer.
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3.Cool in salt crust, then break the salt crust open and discard. Wearing kitchen gloves peel beetroots, then thickly slice.
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4.Place egg yolk, tahini, soy sauce and mirin in a bowl and whisk to combine.
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5.Transfer to a small food processor, then with the motor running, add oil in a thin, steady stream until thick and emulsified (mixture should be the consistency of mayonnaise, add more oil if necessary to thicken). Stir in honey and season.
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6.Spread tahini mixture over a serving plate and top with beetroot. Crumble over goat’s cheese and scatter over horseradish, sesame seeds and chives.
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