Baby beetroot, blood orange and curd salad
Prep 30 mins
Cook 1 hour
Serves 4-6
Difficulty 2
This salad is just pure sunshine on a plate, using the best of all spring produce. Blood oranges are at their peak in spring, so using them in a salad adds a wonderfully fresh element to the mix. Sweet and acidic orange and the earthiness from beetroot is a great food match, along with a little creaminess from the curd and crunch from the macadamia to round off this salad nicely.
We also love using blood orange in a salad with shaved fennel, so if you want a quick version, just swap out the roasted beetroot and use shaved fennel instead.
2 blood oranges, peeled and sliced
150g goat’s or ewe’s curd
¼ cup coarsely chopped roasted macadamia, to serve
A handful of green leaves, such as snow pea leaves and baby beetroot leaves and fennel fronds
Edible flower petals, to scatter
ROASTED BABY BEETROOTS
2 bunches baby beetroot (golden and normal if available, some leaves reserved), beetroot washed well and dried
WHITE WINE VINAIGRETTE
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp honey
3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1. For roasted baby beetroots, preheat oven to 180C. Toss beetroots in oil and season to taste, then wrap each in foil and add a couple of teaspoons of water to the foil before enclosing. Roast the beetroot until you can easily pierce the beetroot through the foil with a knife, with little resistance (45 minutes to 1 hour). Cool completely, then peel and store in the fridge until required.
2. For vinaigrette, whisk ingredients in a bowl to combine and season to taste.
3. Arrange beetroots and blood orange over a plater, then crumble goat's curd and macadamia on top.
4. Dress any leaves with a little of the vinaigrette, then scatter over, and drizzle remaining dressing over just before serving and scatter with some edible flower petals.
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Recipe by Lisa Featherby and photography by Alicia Taylor.
