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Mixed beetroots and asparagus with goats' cheese goats' cheese
Mark Hix
by Mark Hix
from Great British Menu

Serves 4

Preparation time less than 30 mins

Cooking time 30 mins to 1 hour

Vegetarian


Ingredients
250g/9oz raw beetroot, preferably mixed varieties and colours, such as white, golden and red
250g/9oz asparagus
handful silver sorrel leaves, or green sorrel leaves if unavailable
150-200g/5½-7oz goats' cheese, broken into small nuggets, preferably from Woolsery
2-3 pickled walnuts, chopped into small cubes
salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the dressing
1 tbsp cider vinegar
3 tbsp cold-pressed rapeseed oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper


Method
1. Cook the beetroot in their skins in boiling salted water for about an hour or until tender. (If using different colours, cook them separately.) Drain and leave to cool; then rub off the skins (you may wish to wear gloves while doing this to keep your hands from staining).
2. Cut off the woody ends from the asparagus. Cook the spears in boiling salted water for 5-6 minutes or until tender. Drain and leave to cool.
3. Cut the beetroots into bite-sized pieces (a mixture of slices and wedges). Cut the asparagus spears in half.
4. Make the dressing by whisking the cider vinegar and rapeseed oil with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
5. To serve, carefully arrange the beetroot and asparagus on plates with the sorrel leaves, then scatter the goats' cheese and pickled walnuts over the top. Drizzle over the dressing just before serving.


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