Smoked-Sable Tartare with Beets and Watercress

Name: Smoked-Sable Tartare with Beets and Watercress
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 mediums beets (about 1 1/2 pound with greens); 3 Tbsps fresh lemon juice, or to taste; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 315 milliliters 1/2 pound sliced smoked sablefish (black cod), chopped (about; 59 milliliters finely chopped shallots; 0 teaspoons sugar; 1 liters bunches watercress, torn into small sprigs; 2 Tbsps white-wine vinegar

Smoked-Sable Tartare with Beets and Watercress requires about 25 hours from start to finish. One serving contains 235 calories, 36g of protein, and 8g of fat. This gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe serves 8. If you have watercress, lemon juice, white-wine vinegar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in middle.

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Oven

Trim beets, discarding stems and greens (or reserve for another use), then wrap together in foil and roast until tender, about 1 1/4 hours.

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Greens

Beet

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Let beets stand in foil at least 15 minutes, then remove from foil and cool.

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Beet

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Aluminum Foil

Remove skins and cut beets into 1/3-inch dice.

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Beet

Whisk together shallots, vinegar, lemon juice, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, then whisk in oil. Reserve 2 tablespoon vinaigrette for watercress and toss remainder with beets.

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Lemon Juice

Vinaigrette

Watercress

Shallot

Vinegar

Pepper

Beet

Sugar

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Let marinate at room temperature 30 minutes.

Drain beets in a sieve set over a bowl and set beet vinaigrette aside.

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Vinaigrette

Beet

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Sieve

Bowl

Put pastry ring in center of a salad plate and gently press about 2 1/2 tablespoons fish into bottom of ring, then put about 1/4 cup beets over fish. Repeat on 7 more plates.

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Beet

Fish

Toss watercress with reserved 2 tablespoons vinaigrette and mound over beets (a small handful per plate).

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Vinaigrette

Watercress

Beet

Drizzle a little beet vinaigrette around each plate.

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Vinaigrette

Beet

•Beets can be roasted and tossed with vinaigrette 1 day ahead, then chilled. Chill reserved vinaigrette separately.

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Vinaigrette

Beet

Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes before serving.•Watercress sprigs can be prepared (but not tossed with vinaigrette) 1 day ahead and chilled, wrapped in dampened paper towels in a large sealable bag.

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Vinaigrette

Watercress

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Paper Towels