Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
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- Alexandria
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Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
If you are an enthusiast of authentic Greek Regional Cuisine, then you should definitely try this .. It is a fave when we are home and simple to prepare. A very dear colleague of mine at the Hellenic Foreign Travel Board in Athens, had given me the recipe a few years ago and it is a fave ..
Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse ..
250 Ml. Greek or Italian Evoo
100 grams of Roasted Pine Nuts or Pistachios (de-shelled)
Coarsely Chopped: A bunch of fresh Mint or Spearment Leaves
Coarsely Chopped: A bunch of fresh Italian Parsley
1 1/2 Cups of Feta Cheese ( 200 grams approx. ) *** One can also turn this into an Italian Mousse by using Ricotta verses Feta .. or French with Chevre (goat cheese ) ..
1 dried red chili capscium pepper ( a horn shaped Spanish guindilla )
1 Tsp .. Scant of salt to taste
1 / 2 Tsp. Freshly ground Black Pepper
3 tblsps fresh lemon juice
8 small red beetroots
For the Vinaigrette:
1/ 2 Cup freshly squeezed orange juice
Greek or Italian Evoo
Dijon - 2 tsps ..
Greek honey - 2 tsps ..
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1) Whisk all the ingredients for the Mousse in a blender and refrigerate to firm up. Note: I do not combine the nuts, I serve in the mousse whole ..
2) Rub the washed beetroots with Evoo, salt and coarse black pepper. Wrap them in aluminum foil and bake at 180 C degrees for 1 hour or until tender. Peel and quarter the beetroots without going all the way through the bottom, of the beets.
3) Place a little of the mousse in the middle of each beetroot and drizzle the well combined vinaigrette over ..
Enjoy .. Serve with crusty warm bread or toasted Pita and a bottle of Greek Rosé ..
Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse ..
250 Ml. Greek or Italian Evoo
100 grams of Roasted Pine Nuts or Pistachios (de-shelled)
Coarsely Chopped: A bunch of fresh Mint or Spearment Leaves
Coarsely Chopped: A bunch of fresh Italian Parsley
1 1/2 Cups of Feta Cheese ( 200 grams approx. ) *** One can also turn this into an Italian Mousse by using Ricotta verses Feta .. or French with Chevre (goat cheese ) ..
1 dried red chili capscium pepper ( a horn shaped Spanish guindilla )
1 Tsp .. Scant of salt to taste
1 / 2 Tsp. Freshly ground Black Pepper
3 tblsps fresh lemon juice
8 small red beetroots
For the Vinaigrette:
1/ 2 Cup freshly squeezed orange juice
Greek or Italian Evoo
Dijon - 2 tsps ..
Greek honey - 2 tsps ..
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1) Whisk all the ingredients for the Mousse in a blender and refrigerate to firm up. Note: I do not combine the nuts, I serve in the mousse whole ..
2) Rub the washed beetroots with Evoo, salt and coarse black pepper. Wrap them in aluminum foil and bake at 180 C degrees for 1 hour or until tender. Peel and quarter the beetroots without going all the way through the bottom, of the beets.
3) Place a little of the mousse in the middle of each beetroot and drizzle the well combined vinaigrette over ..
Enjoy .. Serve with crusty warm bread or toasted Pita and a bottle of Greek Rosé ..
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- karadekoolaid
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Beetroot is very much underestimated as a vegetable, in my opinion. I´ve actually met a lot of people who can´t stand it!
The sweetness of beetroot goes together extremely well with the sharpness of goat cheese - or any other acidic cheese.
I was wondering what to prepare as a starter for some friends one day, and I hit on this - a Beetroot and goat cheese " Napoleon", with a wild raspberry coulis. I know, it sounds awfully exotic, but it wasn´t.
I had some cooked beetroot left over . I had half a log of local goat cheese. I had less that half a sheet of frozen puff pastry - not really enough to make a pie with. And I´d made a raspberry coulis from some of the wild raspberries ( which grow in my garden), after doing some jam.
This was the result:
The sweetness of beetroot goes together extremely well with the sharpness of goat cheese - or any other acidic cheese.
I was wondering what to prepare as a starter for some friends one day, and I hit on this - a Beetroot and goat cheese " Napoleon", with a wild raspberry coulis. I know, it sounds awfully exotic, but it wasn´t.
I had some cooked beetroot left over . I had half a log of local goat cheese. I had less that half a sheet of frozen puff pastry - not really enough to make a pie with. And I´d made a raspberry coulis from some of the wild raspberries ( which grow in my garden), after doing some jam.
This was the result:
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Bought a bunch of beetroot today
Some will probably be julienned and made into a salad with red onion, balsamic and dill The rest will be baked slowly and then eaten as a vegetable.
I love beetroot but I think a lot of English people are put off by cheap pickled beetroot
Some will probably be julienned and made into a salad with red onion, balsamic and dill The rest will be baked slowly and then eaten as a vegetable.
I love beetroot but I think a lot of English people are put off by cheap pickled beetroot
Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
I've just realised that I have all the ingredients except for the fresh beetroot. I must make the effort because it is something that I would enjoy. I can get golden beetroot too, but would prefer to use the red.
That starter looks so delicious KK! It has turned out perfectly.
That starter looks so delicious KK! It has turned out perfectly.
- Alexandria
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Karakoolaide,
I am a grand fan of fresh wild beetroot with feta ..
Your photo is lovely ..
( I just do not do frozen pastry dough ever .. Not my cup of tea .. )
Beetroot here is usually bought in jars and drained of its beetroot juice and used as garnish in some salads ..
However, having travelled to Greece, the recipe I posted was given to us, and we have been preparing it since ..
Since I shall be off tomorrow ( Sunday - Tuesday ), we shall drive up to my parents, and I shall prepare it there since we are much closer to Cadaqués than Central Barcelona ..
Thank you for all your feedback ..
Have a lovely weekend ..
I am a grand fan of fresh wild beetroot with feta ..
Your photo is lovely ..
( I just do not do frozen pastry dough ever .. Not my cup of tea .. )
Beetroot here is usually bought in jars and drained of its beetroot juice and used as garnish in some salads ..
However, having travelled to Greece, the recipe I posted was given to us, and we have been preparing it since ..
Since I shall be off tomorrow ( Sunday - Tuesday ), we shall drive up to my parents, and I shall prepare it there since we are much closer to Cadaqués than Central Barcelona ..
Thank you for all your feedback ..
Have a lovely weekend ..
Barcelona, soulful & spirited, filled with fine art, amazing architecture, profoundly steeped in culture & history, and it engages all your senses, and food fancies.
- Alexandria
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Renée,
Sorry to hear that you do not have some fresh beetroot ..
Well, perhaps you shall get some on Monday ..
It is a stunningly gorgeous summer salad ..
Have a lovely weekend ..
Sorry to hear that you do not have some fresh beetroot ..
Well, perhaps you shall get some on Monday ..
It is a stunningly gorgeous summer salad ..
Have a lovely weekend ..
Barcelona, soulful & spirited, filled with fine art, amazing architecture, profoundly steeped in culture & history, and it engages all your senses, and food fancies.
- Alexandria
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Renée,
Sorry to hear that you do not have some fresh beetroot ..
Well, perhaps you shall get some on Monday ..
It is a stunningly gorgeous summer salad ..
Have a lovely weekend ..
Sorry to hear that you do not have some fresh beetroot ..
Well, perhaps you shall get some on Monday ..
It is a stunningly gorgeous summer salad ..
Have a lovely weekend ..
Barcelona, soulful & spirited, filled with fine art, amazing architecture, profoundly steeped in culture & history, and it engages all your senses, and food fancies.
- Alexandria
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Sue,
Thank you for your feedback. I adore baked beetroot .. A Catalan Oddity !
Spaniards who are gastronomically "educated" feel the same way surely about pickled / jarred beetroot ..
The agricultural population´s wild beetroot is fed to the horses here !
Have a lovely weekend ..
Thank you for your feedback. I adore baked beetroot .. A Catalan Oddity !
Spaniards who are gastronomically "educated" feel the same way surely about pickled / jarred beetroot ..
The agricultural population´s wild beetroot is fed to the horses here !
Have a lovely weekend ..
Barcelona, soulful & spirited, filled with fine art, amazing architecture, profoundly steeped in culture & history, and it engages all your senses, and food fancies.
- karadekoolaid
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Member 461 wrote:
( I just do not do frozen pastry dough ever .. Not my cup of tea .. )
Neither would I if I had a choice, but since the Idiot came to power, butter has virtually disappeared from the market - unless you´re prepared to pay a bribe, which I steadfastly refuse to do.
- Alexandria
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Karakoolaide,
Butter ? Do you mean that in the London, or the other 3 countries which are part of the U.K., (England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland ) one cannot buy butter in a supermarket to make baked goods ? Or butter croissants ?
Sorry, that is totally insanity !
Is butter available in Hotels in London and Edimburgh ?
They should worry more about Terrorism than about producing butter ..
Idiot is a kind word for this Agricultural Minister or President or whoever this is ..
I am sure there is butter in Queen Isabel´s refrigerator !
Butter ? Do you mean that in the London, or the other 3 countries which are part of the U.K., (England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland ) one cannot buy butter in a supermarket to make baked goods ? Or butter croissants ?
Sorry, that is totally insanity !
Is butter available in Hotels in London and Edimburgh ?
They should worry more about Terrorism than about producing butter ..
Idiot is a kind word for this Agricultural Minister or President or whoever this is ..
I am sure there is butter in Queen Isabel´s refrigerator !
Barcelona, soulful & spirited, filled with fine art, amazing architecture, profoundly steeped in culture & history, and it engages all your senses, and food fancies.
Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Member 461, as you've added to your post, I assume you've thought on it for at least a minute or two, yet it still hasn't crossed your mind that karadekoolaid is not in the UK. He probably thought you knew that as you've been on the board for a while.
Have a good, calmer, evening
Have a good, calmer, evening
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Let us be clear
Karadekoolaid is in Caracas Venezuela
Politically, a bit idiot prone unfortuanately
Karadekoolaid is in Caracas Venezuela
Politically, a bit idiot prone unfortuanately
- Alexandria
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Sue & Jeral,
Yes, I just realised that Karakoolaide is in Venezuela ..
It is truly a horror scene politically ..
Spain has been providing Asylum & legal residency to thousands of Venezuelans ( political asylum ), Cubans & Dominicans (hurricane victims ) and other former Spanish territory Ibero Americans particularly in the last two years ..
Now, I understand why butter, has become an " oddity basic " over there ..
Thanks for the feedback and have a lovely summer ..
Yes, I just realised that Karakoolaide is in Venezuela ..
It is truly a horror scene politically ..
Spain has been providing Asylum & legal residency to thousands of Venezuelans ( political asylum ), Cubans & Dominicans (hurricane victims ) and other former Spanish territory Ibero Americans particularly in the last two years ..
Now, I understand why butter, has become an " oddity basic " over there ..
Thanks for the feedback and have a lovely summer ..
Barcelona, soulful & spirited, filled with fine art, amazing architecture, profoundly steeped in culture & history, and it engages all your senses, and food fancies.
Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Amyw wrote:Who's Queen Isabel?
She's the Knock, knock queen:
Isabel necessary on a bike?
Pampy: Re beetroot, I have a vision of two cows chatting about the day's menu: "Oh no, beetroot on Tuesdays." Then again, cows probably don't suffer hangovers: https://marmiteetponpon.com/2014/03/07/ ... ese-salad/
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Yes, Member 461, I live in the United Soviet Socialist Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Butter is hard to come by, but when it´s about, I buy it. Thus the packet Puff Pastry.
Who´s Queen Isabel?
Why, she´s the wife of Prince Felipe; mother to Carlos, Ana, Andrés and Eduardo and grandmother to Guillermo, Haroldo , Eugenia and Beatriz!
Who´s Queen Isabel?
Why, she´s the wife of Prince Felipe; mother to Carlos, Ana, Andrés and Eduardo and grandmother to Guillermo, Haroldo , Eugenia and Beatriz!
- Alexandria
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Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Karakoolaide & Renée ..
I meant Queen Elizabeth !
In Spanish, here name is Isabel ..
Was writing very quickly !!!!
Well, all my best and stay safe ..
I meant Queen Elizabeth !
In Spanish, here name is Isabel ..
Was writing very quickly !!!!
Well, all my best and stay safe ..
Barcelona, soulful & spirited, filled with fine art, amazing architecture, profoundly steeped in culture & history, and it engages all your senses, and food fancies.
Re: Hellenic: Roasted Beetroot & Feta Mint Mousse
Jeral, you've lost me completely!
I don't like goat's cheese and rarely drink either!
I don't like goat's cheese and rarely drink either!
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