Beetroot, blue cheese and walnut salad recipe

You can differ this salad relying on the completely different beetroot and wild leaves obtainable, however my favorite leaf each visually and for style is pennywort, which fortunately grows wild proper on my doorstep. You need to use solely pickled walnuts should you like, however including the toasted walnuts provides the salad crunch.

Prep time: quarter-hour | Cooking time: 40 minutes, plus cooling

SERVES

4 as a part of a ramification

INGREDIENTS

• 400-500g blended colored beetroot (yellow, white, sweet and pink), relying on availability, trimmed
• 2-3 medium-sized pickled walnuts, quartered, plus 1 tbsp vinegar from the jar
• 1 tbsp cider vinegar
• 150ml rapeseed oil
• 16-20 good-quality walnuts, calmly toasted with a little bit sea salt and rapeseed oil
• A handful of pennywort or different small leaves, washed and dried
• 100-120g Isle of Wight Blue, or different blue cheese, damaged or lower into small items

METHOD

1. Prepare dinner the completely different colors of beetroot individually as they may take completely different quantities of time and it’ll keep away from staining from the pink beetroot. Boil them for roughly half-hour, till tender to the tip of a pointy knife. As soon as cooked, depart to chill and peel the pores and skin by rubbing it off along with your palms (ideally with a pair of gloves for the pink beetroot). Lower the beetroot into a combination of wedges and tough chunks and put aside individually.
2. Warmth the pickled-walnut juice in a pan to scale back it by half, then switch to a bowl and whisk within the cider vinegar and rapeseed oil. Season to style.
3. To serve, organize the beetroot on serving plates with the pickled and toasted walnuts and pennywort leaves. Season calmly, scatter over the cheese and spoon across the dressing.