Beetroot Hummus Salad

Beetroot Hummus Salad

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.

Beetroot and Ricotta Tart

Beetroot and Ricotta Tart

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.