Recipe from Beets, Leaves and Limes by Fiona Smith: Roast beetroot, orange and feta salad
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Roasting beetroot takes time, but it is worth it for the resulting wonderfully sweet flavour. If you have a barbecue going, try wrapping the beetroot in foil and baking them in the embers. The feta can be replaced with grilled halloumi if preferred. |
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Ingredients
600 g baby or small beetroot, unpeeled and trimmed
1 red onion
a large handful of crisp
salad leaves
3 oranges
150 g walnuts or hazelnuts
200 g feta cheese, cubed
a small bunch of flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
micro greens (sprouts),
to garnish (optional)
honey cider vinaigrette
1 tablespoon runny honey
½ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon white pepper
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
4 tablespoons olive oil |
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Photography by Diane Miller © Ryland Peters & Small. Text © Fiona Smith |
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Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) Gas 4.
To make the honey cider vinaigette, combine the honey, salt, pepper and vinegar in a small bowl and whisk in the oil. Set aside.
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Put the unpeeled beetroot on a baking tray and bake in the preheated oven until tender — about 30 minutes for baby beets, 45 minutes for small beets. Remove from the oven and let cool. When cool enough to handle, peel off the skins — they should come away easily in your fingers. Trim the ends and discard. Cut the beetroot in half if necessary and toss with a little of the honey cider vinaigrette. Set aside.
Slice the onion very finely, using a mandoline if you have one. Put in a bowl of iced water for 10 minutes. Drain well.
Put the salad leaves on a serving platter. With a sharp knife, remove the rind and all the white pith from the oranges. Slice and arrange on top of the salad leaves.
Heat a frying pan, add the walnuts and toast for a couple of minutes until browned. Scatter these over the leaves and oranges with the beetroot and onion. Drizzle over the honey cider vinaigrette. Scatter the feta over the salad and sprinkle with the parsley and micro greens, if using. Serve immediately.
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