Beetroot salad with pickled rose
This pretty in pink beetroot starter is an absolute beauty to behold – and incredibly simple to prepare at home. Sourcing the best beetroots you can is key to this dish, while the pickled rose petals are something you can easily make at home. Just steep clean fresh rose petals in a simple pickling liquor (3 parts vinegar, 2 parts water, 1 part sugar) and you’ll be rewarded with both edible petals and a wonderfully floral liquor to dress the beets with.
Joe says: ‘This recipe begins with a relationship between ourselves and Row 7 Seeds. Badger flame beetroot is a special vegetable, bred by Michael Mazourek in partnership with Row 7 to create a vibrant speciality crop that has as much sweetness as its purple counterpart. To dress this salad, we use preserved rose petals that have been foraged in Scotland which add a surprisingly meaty depth to vegetable dishes. Beetroots can be tricky – they’re usually time-consuming, cumbersome and messy to prep. We’ve found that pressure cooking them is a foolproof method that takes just 30 minutes, but good results can also be achieved in the oven at 160°C in a baking tray covered with foil for 2 hours.’
Ingredients
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- 6 badger flame beetroots, scrubbed clean
- 2 chioggia beetroot, scrubbed clean
- 10g of sea salt
- 500ml of water
- 200g of apple cider vinegar
- 100ml of olive oil, plus extra to dress
- 40g of Greek yoghurt
- 10g pickled rose petals, plus some of their pickling liquor
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
Method
Combine the salt, water, vinegar and olive oil in a jug and mix well. Put the badger flame beetroots in a pressure cooker and pour in half the mixture. Bring to high pressure, cook for 12 minutes, then remove from the heat and allow to release pressure naturally
- 10g of sea salt
- 500ml of water
- 200g of apple cider vinegar
- 100ml of olive oil, plus extra to dress
- 6 badger flame beetroots, scrubbed clean
Lift out the beetroots, pour away the liquid, then add the chioggia beetroots and the remaining vinegar mixture. Bring to high pressure, cook for 12 minutes, then remove from the heat and allow to release pressure naturally
- 2 chioggia beetroot, scrubbed clean
Once both types of beetroots are cool enough to handle, rub the peels off (wear gloves unless you want bright pink hands)
Cut the badger beetroots into angular 3cm chunks and the chioggia beetroots into fine slices, ideally using a meat slicer or mandoline
To serve, stir a pinch of salt in the yoghurt, then spread it on the base of 4 serving plates. Dress the chunks of badger flame beetroot with salt, pepper, olive oil and a little of the liquor from the pickled rose petals, then arrange them on top of the yoghurt
- 40g of Greek yoghurt
Season the chioggia sheets with salt, pepper and the pickled rose liquor, then drape them over the dish to create a wavy blanket. Finish with 5-6 pickled rose petals per plate
- 10g pickled rose petals, plus some of their pickling liquor
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