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Beetroot salad with pickled stalks

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Beetroot salad with pickled stalks

Name: Beetroot salad with pickled stalks
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500g bunch whole beetroot; 45ml olive oil; 200ml white wine vinegar; 30g caster sugar; 2 tsp coriander seeds; 2 tbsp horseradish sauce; 150ml soured cream; 2 tsp honey; 1 lemon juiced; 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard; 5 mint sprigs leaves picked and finely chopped; 2 x 250g pouch cooked puy lentils; hot smoked fish to serve (optional)

Ailsa Burt

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 50 mins

plus pickling

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Leave the skin on the beetroots in this lentil-based salad and create less food waste - just be sure to give them a good scrub. Enjoy with hot smoked fish

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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500g bunch whole beetroot
45ml olive oil
200ml white wine vinegar
30g caster sugar
2 tsp coriander seeds
2 tbsp horseradish sauce
150ml soured cream
2 tsp honey
1 lemon

juiced
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
5 mint sprigs

leaves picked and finely chopped
2 x 250g pouch cooked puy lentils
hot smoked fish

to serve (optional)

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal511
fat28g
saturates7g
carbs40g
sugars17g
fibre12g
protein19g
salt1.1g

Method

step 1

Remove the stalks and leaves from the beetroot and plunge them into a bowl of cold water. Give them a good wash to remove any grit, drain and rinse again. then set aside to dry. Wash the whole beetroot, scrubbing well to remove any dirt. Pat dry, then place in the centre of a square of foil, season, coat with 1 tbsp of the oil and wrap. Cook in the air-fryer at 200C for 50 mins or in the oven at 220C/200C fan/gas 7 until a sharp knife pierces through it easily. Set aside to cool before finely slicing.
step 2

Meanwhile, pour the vinegar, sugar and coriander seeds into a saucepan with 1 tsp salt. Bring to a simmer, then remove from the heat. Add the beetroot stalks, reserving the leaves. Stir and set aside to pickle for at least 30 mins. Combine the horseradish, soured cream, 1 tsp of honey and a splash of the lemon juice. Season, adding more horseradish if you like. Keep chilled until needed.
step 3

Put the mustard in a large bowl with the remaining lemon juice and honey, mint and the remaining oil. Whisk together and season, then stir in the lentils and beetroot leaves. Roughly chop some of the pickled beetroot stalks before stirring in. Spread the lentil mixture over a platter, top with the beetroot, fish, if using, and horseradish cream to serve.

Recipe tip

Beetroot stalks keep in the fridge for up to four days.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2024

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