Beet Salad With Miso And Black Sesame Recipes

BEETS AND BEET GREENS IN SESAME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake the beets in their skins until they are tender when tested with a skewer or sharp knife. Remove and cool.
• Cut the stalks off the beet greens and discard. Coarsely chop the leaves. Blanch the leaves in boiling salted water and refresh them under cold running water. Squeeze out the water and set them aside.
• Make the dressing. Combine the sesameand olive oils with the garlic, vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauceand season to taste with salt and pepper. Peel the beets and slice. Remove the garlic from the dressing. Toss the leaves in a little of the dressing and place in the center of a serving dish. Toss the beets in remaining dressing and place them around the side. Sprinkle the greens with the sesame seeds.

SLOW ROASTED BEET SALAD WITH BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Brush beets with 1-ounce of olive oil and sprinkle with half of salt. Place in a preheated 275 degree oven and bake for 2 hours or until beets are tender. Remove skin from beets and slice into 1/4-inch thick discs and set aside. Layer beets on plate alternating colors. Top with watercress and crumbled blue cheese. Drizzle with remaining olive oil, zest and orange juice. Sprinkle with remaining sea salt and serve.

MISO-SESAME VINAIGRETTE THAT'S GOOD ON ANYTHING

Steps:

• Combine garlic, shallot, shoyu, vinegars, miso and sugar in a blender and blend on high speed until homogenous. (Alternatively, mash garlic and shallots in the bowl of a large granite or marble mortar and pestle into a fine paste using the pestle, then stir in the shoyu, vinegars, miso and sugar.)
• With the blender running on medium speed (the liquid should form a vortex but not jump up and splatter on the walls of the blender), slowly drizzle in the grapeseed oil. (If using a mortar and pestle, slowly drizzle in the oil as you stir vigorously with the pestle.)
• Transfer to a lidded jar. Stir in the sesame oil and sesame seeds with a spoon. Dressing can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks. Shake well before using.