Rainbow Beetroot Slaw

A RECIPE BY KATHY SLACK
Serves: 2 ● Prep time: 15 minutes ● Cooking time: 3 minutes
A bright raw salad to make the colours of your beetroot harvest sing. The tart, sweet dressing lifts the earthy beet flavours, and makes for a crunchy, zingy slaw that’s great on its own or with roast chicken or salmon. Go for a couple of smaller beetroots rather than one big one – the smaller beets are sweeter and delicious raw.
method
  • 1 tbsp Aspall Red Wine Vinegar
  • 2 tsp mirin
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 small pink or candy-striped beetroot
  • 2 small golden beetroot
  • 2 small regular purple beetroot
  • 2 spring onions
  • 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
  • 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • 20g cashew nuts, roughly chopped
  1. Whisk together the vinegar, mirin, sesame oil and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. 
  2. Peel the beetroots and slice them into very thin matchsticks with a julienne peeler, mandoline or sharp knife. Add them to the bowl. Finely slice the spring onion, both white and green parts, and pop that in too.
  3. Toast the seeds and nuts in a dry frying pan for 2-3 minutes until they turn golden then tip that into the slaw bowl.
  4. Combine everything together and serve immediately.


ingredients
  • 1 tbsp Aspall Red Wine Vinegar
  • 2 tsp mirin
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 small pink or candy-striped beetroot
  • 2 small golden beetroot
  • 2 small regular purple beetroot
  • 2 spring onions
  • 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
  • 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • 20g cashew nuts, roughly chopped
method
  1. Whisk together the vinegar, mirin, sesame oil and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. 
  2. Peel the beetroots and slice them into very thin matchsticks with a julienne peeler, mandoline or sharp knife. Add them to the bowl. Finely slice the spring onion, both white and green parts, and pop that in too.
  3. Toast the seeds and nuts in a dry frying pan for 2-3 minutes until they turn golden then tip that into the slaw bowl.
  4. Combine everything together and serve immediately.


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