Recipe: Roasted beetroot with goat's cheese and walnuts

• Step 1 Preheat the oven and prepare the beetroot.
• Step 2 Caramelise the onion
• Step 3 Cook the beetroot, and chop the goat’s cheese and nuts
• Step 4 Assemble the parcels with the vegetables, goat’s cheese and nuts, and cook in the oven for 20 minutes
• Step 5 Open the parcels, garnish with spring onions and serve

INGREDIENTS

600g beetroot

2 red onions

100g fresh goat’s cheese or sheep’s cheese

2 tbsp of walnuts

50g brown sugar

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

50ml balsamic vinegar

1 tsp honey

Sea salt

Freshly ground pepper

Whole cumin

Spring onions

Allergens are marked in bold

Preheat the oven to 180 °C CircoTherm®. Peel the onions and beetroot (warning: beetroot will stain your hands, so wear rubber gloves). Cut into broad strips. Tip: Don’t discard with the skins, as they can be sautéed and eaten as a delicious, healthy snack!

Brown the onions in the pan. Add brown sugar and caramelise, deglazing with balsamic vinegar.

Add the beetroot and sauté for 10 mins. Drizzle over the olive oil and honey. Meanwhile, dice the goat’s cheese. Coarsely chop the nuts. Season with sea salt and pepper. Cut the parchment paper into 30 cm large squares.

Portion out the vegetables into the centre of the paper squares, until all the ingredients are distributed evenly. Top with fresh goat’s cheese and walnuts. Season each portion with a pinch of cumin. Fold the paper into the centre forming a parcel and close with kitchen twine. Cook in the oven for 20 mins.

Finely chop the spring onions and scatter on top before serving. Enjoy on its own or as a side dish.

Tip: This recipe is delicious with pitta bread. It also works well as a side dish with roast meat.
You can also replace the beetroots with other vegetables, such as sweet potatoes or pumpkin. Goat’s cheese also pairs well with a variety of nuts – try substituting the nuts in this recipe for pistachios, hazelnuts, pine nuts or your nut of choice.

Beetroot contains important vitamins such as vitamin B and is rich in minerals and nutrients, providing the body with iron, folic acid, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and zinc. Likewise, the skin has a high content of Vitamin K, copper, manganese, iron and calcium.