Goat Cheese and Beet Salad with Toasted Hemp and Poppy Seeds

  1. Bring a deep pan of water to a boil.
  2. Make the dressing by mixing the vinegar and mustard together and then adding the oils.
  3. Stir the parsley into the dressing with a grinding of salt and black pepper.
  4. Trim the leaves from the beets (save them for cooking like spinach), taking care not to cut the skin.
  5. Wipe the beets clean of any mud or sand.
  6. Put them into the boiling water and decrease the heat to an energetic simmer.
  7. Test the beets occasionally for tenderness, either by lifting them from the water and rubbing the skinit will peel off easily if the beet is readyor by testing with a skewer.
  8. They should be ready in about thirty minutes, depending on their size and age.
  9. Drain the beets and, when they are cool enough to handle, remove their skins.
  10. Cut each one into six wedges from stalk to root.
  11. Toss gently in some of the dressing and set aside.
  12. Toast the hemp seeds in a nonstick pan for a minute or two, until they smell warm and nutty.
  13. Separate the chicory leaves and toss gently with some of the dressing.
  14. Divide them among four plates.
  15. Add the goat cheese, mustard, and cress and tuck in the beets.
  16. Scatter the poppy seeds and toasted hemp over the salad.

hemp seeds, goat cheese, basket of mustard, poppy seeds, red wine vinegar, hemp seed oil, olive oil, parsley

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/goat-cheese-and-beet-salad-with-toasted-hemp-and-poppy-seeds-381487 (may not work)

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