Beet Tacos
- 3 Medium To Large Beets
- 1/2 cups Chopped Walnuts
- 1 cup Parsley Leaves
- 1 Small Shallot, Chopped
- 1/2 Jalapeno, Deseeded And Chopped
- 1/2 cups Walnut Or Olive Oil
- 1/2 teaspoons Champagne Or Apple Cider Vinegar
- Salt And Pepper, to taste
- 9 Corn Tortillas
- 1/2 cups Queso Fresco, Crumbled
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Wrap the beets in foil and roast in a 375 F oven for 1 1.5 hours until tender and pierced easily with a knife.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Lower oven temp to 300 F. When the beets are cool, peel off the skin and dice the flesh into small, bite-sized pieces.
- Season with a bit of salt.
- Set aside.
- Spread walnuts onto a baking tray.
- Toast the walnuts in a 300 F oven for 5-8 minutes or until fragrant.
- Remove and let cool.
- In a food processor, pulse the parsley, shallot, and jalapeno until roughly chopped.
- Add the cooled walnuts, oil, vinegar and a pinch of salt and pepper and pulse another 2-3 times until everything is combined and roughly chopped.
- You want to keep it a bit chunky so that you still get the texture of the walnuts in the taco.
- You can also make the salsa by hand.
- Chop everything by hand, add it to a bowl, and stir in the oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.
- Adjust the seasoning by adding more vinegar, salt or pepper to taste.
- Heat your tortillas.
- You can do this in one of several ways: In a dry pan over medium-high heat until pliable but still a little chewy.
- Or you can place the tortillas directly over a gas flame to give it a little char.
- Use tongs or chopsticks to avoid burning your fingers.
- Or you can reheat them in the microwave, wrapped in a damp paper towel for about 15-20 seconds.
- Assemble your tacos by laying your diced beets in a row down the middle of the tortilla.
- These can be reheated easily in the microwave or in a dry pan if you want the beets hot.
- Top the beets with some walnut salsa verde and crumbled queso fresco.
beets, walnuts, parsley, shallot, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, salt, corn tortillas, queso fresco
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/special-dietary-needs/vegetarian/beet-tacos/ (may not work)