Roasted beet, butternut and walnut salad with green herb yoghurt dressing
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Easy"Many vegetables benefit from fire cooking, but none more so than butternut and beetroot. This is a good salad even without the roast vegetables, but the sweet smokiness of these two ingredients cooked over the coals takes it to another level. Paired with a tangy yoghurt dressing, they’re the perfect combination for a substantial and satisfying salad (which you could also serve as a vegetarian main dish). Some freshly toasted walnuts and red onion add a bit of a crunch." – Reuben Riffles
Ingredients
Method
- 6 medium beetroots
- 1 large butternut
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 T Rozendal vinegar
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 1 packet crunchy lettuce (iceberg, cos or baby gem), washed
- 2 avocados, sliced
- 1 red onion, finely sliced
- 1 packet walnuts
- Green Herb Yoghurt Dressing
- 3 T olive oil
- ½ lemon juice
- 2 T Rozendal vinegar
- 1 small garlic clove
- 1 cup plain coconut yoghurt
- tarragon leaves, a handful
- fresh dill, a handful
- parsley, a handful
- A few drops Tabasco sauce
Method
Ingredients
1.Roasting the Vegetables. Prepare medium-hot coals.
2. Place the beetroots and butternut directly into the coals and cook, turning occasionally, until tender, about 25–30 minutes.
3. Remove from the heat and brush off most of the charred skins.
4. Chop 3 beetroots into quarters and scoop out bite-size chunks of butternut from the skins.
5. Puréeing the Beetroot. Place 3 roasted beetroots into a food processor with olive oil and vinegar. Purée until smooth, then season to taste.
6. Preparing the Dressing and Walnuts. Blitz the dressing ingredients in a blender until smooth and season.
7. Dry-toast the nuts in a pan and chop roughly.
8. Assembling the Salad. Spread the beetroot purée on the serving dish.
9. Top with lettuce, roasted beetroot quarters and butternut, avocado and slices of red onion.
10. Pour the dressing over the salad and sprinkle with toasted walnuts.
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