Beet Carpaccio, Dutch Apple Syrup & Aged Goat Cheese
Course Starter
Cuisine Sustainable
Keyword Christmas, Vegetarian
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
10 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Equipment
Oven
Tin Foil
Baking pan
Cheese Slicer
Whisk
Ingredients
4Beetsraw/uncooked
6tbspOlive Oil
3tbspLemon Juice
½Applelike Elstar
60gramSunflower Seeds
80gramAged Goat Cheese
HandofArugula
4tbspDutch Apple Syrup or use Balsamic Glaze
Instructions
Preparations
Preheat your oven on 180 degrees Celsius or 356 degrees Fahrenheit.
Clean the beets and pack them individually in tin foil. You can add some olive oil however this is optional.
Cooking the Beets
Pof the beets, in the tinfoil, for about 45-60 minutes in the preheated oven.
In the meanwhile..
You can make the dressing for the beets by mixing 2 tbsp of lemon juice, 6 tbsp of olive oil, salt and pepper.
Moreover you can already prepare the cheese flakes, toast the sunflower seeds and cut the apple. Whenever you cut the apple, make sure to directly cover the apple pieces with lemon juice. This will prevent the apple pieces from turning brown.
The Dutch Apple Syrup Sauce: Add the syrup/'Stroop' and 20 tablespoons of water to a baking or cooking pan. Bring this to a boil while mixing everything with a whisk. As soon as the sauce is syrupy, pourable & lump free the sauce is done! *Depending on the amount of syrup and your preferences, you can add more of less water.
Back to the Beets
Open the tinfoil packages and take out the beets. Since the beets are cooked now, it is very easy to remove the outer skin, top and bottom.
To create very thin slices of beets, like the beef carpaccio, you can use either a mandoline or a cheese slicer.
Add the slices of beets to the bowl of lemon dressing and mix carefully.
Plating
Place the beets on the plate and top off with the toppings. Add a few leaves of arugula, the Elstar apple cubes, toasted sunflower seeds & cheese flakes.
Now it is time to, as Dutch people say; 'put the cherry on the pie' [means: finishing touch]: by adding sauce!