1 x 400g tin chickpeas 30ml tahini 2 cloves garlic, minced 15ml lemon juice 5ml salt 150g beetroot, cooked and cubed 5 beets, cooked and sliced about 0.5cm thick 100g feta cheese 50g pistachio nuts, roughly chopped balsamic vinegar
Drain the chickpeas and add it to a liquidiser. Add the tahini, garlic, lemon juice, salt and cubed beetroot and blitz until smooth. Set aside. Arrange the sliced beetroot on a serving plate. Place dollops of the beetroot hummus on the slices, crumb the feta over and scatter over the pistachio. Drizzle the salad with balsamic vinegar and serve.
4 beets, cooked, peeled and cubed 30ml olive oil 30ml balsamic vinegar 1 small red onion, cut into thin slices a pinch of salt 30ml chopped chives a handful of walnut halves 50g feta cheese
Add the cubed beetroot, olive oil, balsamic, red onion and pinch of salt to a bowl and mix together. Spoon onto a serving platter and scatter over the chives and walnuts. Top the salad by crumbing the feta over.
400g store-bought pastry 1 egg and 15ml water 500g ricotta cheese 6 large beetroot, cooked and peeled a handful of pumpkin seeds balsamic vinegar a handful of basil leaves
Preheat your oven to 200℃ and line a baking sheet with baking paper. Place the pastry on the baking paper and mark a 1cm border on the edges, with the blunt side of a table knife’s blade. Whisk the egg and water together and lightly brush it all over the pastry. Bake for 10 minutes. Turn your oven temperature down to 180℃. Break the ricotta up into chunks and evenly spread over the baked pastry. Slice the beetroot into slices and arrange on the ricotta. Scatter the pumpkin seeds over and drizzle with balsamic vinegar. Bake the tart in the oven for 15 minutes. Scatter over the basil leaves and slice into portions to serve.
30ml butter, melted 15ml olive oil 83ml balsamic vinegar 30ml water 15ml sugar 1,2ml salt about 12 small/medium beetroot baby spinach 5 fresh peaches, stoned and quartered 100g goats cheese 30ml honey
Preheat your oven to 180℃. Add the melted butter, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, water, sugar and salt to a small bowl and whisk everything together. Set aside. Wash and scrub the beetroot and cut off the hairy parts at the root. Half or quarter each, depending on its size and place them in an oven tray. Pour the balsamic mixture over and cover the pan with aluminium foil. Bake the beetroot for 30 minutes, remove the foil, turn the beets and bake for a further 30 minutes or until fully cooked and beautifully glazed. Remove the tray from the oven and allow to cool. Reserve the pan juices. Arrange the baby spinach, cooled beetroot and peach quarters on a serving platter and break the goats cheese over it. Mix together 45ml of the reserved pan juices and the honey and drizzle over the salad. Serve as a side or with a fresh crusty bread as a lunch.
4 – 5 beets 340ml water and beetroot-water, lukewarm 10g dry yeast 10ml sugar 10ml salt 20ml olive oil 500g cake flour 100g feta cheese, crumbed rosemary sprigs extra olive oil to drizzle
Peel the beetroot and cut it into chunks. Cover with water and cook until a sharp knife easily pierces the beet chunks. Remove the beetroot from the cooking liquid, but reserve the liquid. Mash enough of the soft beetroot so that you have 45ml of pulp. (Keep the rest of the cooked beetroot in the refrigerator and add it to a salad). Measure 340ml of the beetroot water in a jug. If you don’t have enough, fill it to measurement with tap water. Warm the water so that it is lukewarm. Add the yeast, sugar and olive oil to the water and stir to dissolve. Set aside. Add the flour and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook and mix on low speed. Add the yeast mixture and the 45ml beetroot pulp and turn the mixer to medium speed. Knead for about 4 minutes. Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl and cover with a clean tea towel. Set aside to rise for 1 -2 hours.
Preheat your oven to 180℃ and spray a 38cm X 25cm baking tray with non-stick spray. Transfer the dough to the baking tray and gently start spreading it by pushing down on it with the tips of your fingers. Keep pushing and prodding the dough until it fills the entire tray. Break the feta and spread over the dough. Add a few sprigs of rosemary and then drizzle a generous amount of olive oil over the dough. Lightly cover the bread with a plastic bag and allow to rise for about 20 minutes.
This hummus takes some effort but keeps well in the fridge and makes a delicious sandwich or dip!
125ml beetroot, cooked and chopped 1 400g tin of chickpeas 60ml tahini 2 cloves of garlic, minced the juice of one lemon/15ml fresh lemon juice (preserved lemon juice leaves a bitter aftertaste) 5ml salt 15ml olive oil
Add all the ingredients to a liquidiser and blitz until it is smooth and emulsified. Store in a glass jar in your refrigerator.
This bread has a moist texture and is absolutely perfect for a topping of tomato, salad, cucumber and avocado. Easy to make and it will prettify your table!
Sprinkle the yeast onto the water and give it a good stir. Add the flour, salt, beetroot and oil to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook and mix on low speed for one minute. Add the yeast mixture and mix/knead for another 3 minutes. At this stage you want a dough that comes loose from the sides of the bowl. If the dough is too soft to come together in a ball, add a handful of flour and allow your machine to incorporate it. Keep adding small amounts of bread flour until the dough just comes together in a kneadable dough. Add a few drops of vegetable oil to a clean mixing bowl and cover the sides and bottom with a thin layer. Now add the dough to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap/a bag and put aside to rest for an hour. Preheat your oven to 210℃. Take the dough from the bowl, gently knock it back and shape it into a round. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Cover the bread with a clean tea towel and rest for another 20 minutes. Bake the bread for 30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting.
If you would like to “decorate” your bread as in the image below, follow the following guidelines: Once you have knocked back the dough, cut about a third of the dough from the rest. Shape the larger quantity dough into a ball and place it in a small, deep cake tin. Brush the surface with a small amount of water. Roll the rest of the dough to a 1cm thickness and cut into strips about three centimetres wide. Roll each strip into a coil and place onto the dough ball. Stand for 20 minutes before baking.
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