Pickled vegetable salad with whipped feta
Serves 4
Ingredients:
200g feta
2 tbsp greek yogurt
1 tbsp mint
1 tbsp majoram
1 watermelon radish
8-10 radishes
1 golden beetroot
1 purple beetroot
1 candied beetroot
8 cherry tomatoes cut into quarters
100ml white wine vinigar
100ml water
100g sugar
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper
edible flowers (optional)
Method:
Preheat your oven to 150 degrees fan.
To make the pickling liqour put the vinegar, water, sugar and peppercorn into a pan and bring up to the boil.
Prepare the beetroot by Finley slicing with a mandolin or a sharp knife, then using a cutter, cut small circles. (keep any off cuts to use for the beetroot crisps)
Put a third of the cut beetroot to the side, pour the hot pickling liquor over the remaining beetroot. (make sure to separate the varieties of beetroot into bowls so that the colours don’t run) Leave to pickle for at least 1 hour but will be even better if left overnight.
Toss the beetroot offcuts in the olive oil and season well with salt and pepper. Lay out evenly on a baling tray and bake for 10-25 minutes. Turn down the oven to 100 degrees and bake for a further 15-20 minutes until the crips are completely dried out. remove from the oven and leave to cool.
Place the feta and greek yogurt into the bowl of a stand mixer. Whip with the whisk attachment for 3-4 minutes until very smooth, light and fluffy. (this can also be done by hand but will take 6-8 minutes. Stir in the finely chopped mint and marjoram and season well.
To serve spread approx a quarter of the whipped feta onto each plate. Start by placing 8 pieces of tomato onto the feta. Add slices of pickled beetroot, leaning them up against the tomato quarters.
Using a mandolin finely slice all of the radishes, cut the watermelon radish slices in half. Carefully add the radishes to the plate, it doesn’t need to look perfect use the feta to help hold slices upright to give the salad height.
Finely add the beetroot crisps and drizzle the salad with olive oil and a pinch of salt.
