Salt-crusted Beets with Avocado, Lavender, and Thyme

Name: Salt-crusted Beets with Avocado, Lavender, and Thyme
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 firm-ripe avocado, cut into small wedges; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps black peppercorns; 1 Tbsp Champagne vinegar; 4 larges egg whites, beaten to blend; 79 milliliters 1/3 cup chopped plus 1/2 tsp. minced fresh thyme leaves; 3 mediums each medium red and golden beets (1 3/4 lbs. total without tops), trimmed and gently scrubbed (see Notes); 59 milliliters minced dried lavender; 35 grams cups loosely packed mâche; 3 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon minced shallot; 1 kilograms box plus 1/4 tsp. kosher salt

Salt-crusted Beets with Avocado, Lavender, and Thyme might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe has 165 calories, 4g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, champagne vinegar, mâche, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 42

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Oven

In a large bowl, combine egg whites, 3 lbs. salt, 1/3 cup thyme, 1/4 cup lavender, peppercorns, and 1/2 cup water, mixing with your hands until salt is evenly coated and feels like wet sand.

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Peppercorns

Egg Whites

Fresh Lavender

Thyme

Water

Salt

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Bowl

Spoon enough of the salt mixture into a 9- by 13-in. baking pan to make a 1/4-in. layer in pan. Arrange beets on top without letting them touch. Mound remaining salt over each beet, pressing with hands to cover completely and make a crust.

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Beet

Crust

Salt

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Baking Pan

Bake beets until very tender when pierced through salt, about 1 1/4 hours.

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Beet

Salt

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Oven

Poke tip of a table knife into salt crust about 1 in. from a beet and tap with mallet to crack crust. Move and tap knife in 1/2-in. increments in a circle around beet. Break beet free from crust and lift out. Repeat with remaining beets.

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Beet

Crust

Salt

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Let beets stand until cool enough to handle.

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Beet

In a medium bowl, whisk together olive oil, vinegar, shallot, pepper, and remaining salt, thyme, and lavender. Spoon 1 tbsp. dressing into a second bowl and 1/2 tbsp. dressing into a third bowl.

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Olive Oil

Fresh Lavender

Shallot

Vinegar

Pepper

Thyme

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Brush remaining salt off beets with a pastry brush. Peel beets and cut into thin wedges.

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Beet

Salt

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Pastry Brush

Add golden beets and avocado to largest amount of dressing.

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Golden Beet

Avocado

Add red beets to bowl with 1 tbsp. dressing, and mche to bowl with 1/2 tbsp. dressing. Gently mix each to coat. Divide beets, avocado, and mche among 6 salad plates.

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Beet

Avocado

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*Sodium content could not be accurately calculated.