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Beetroot and cream cheese verrines

Diced beetroot, marinated in lemon juice and walnut oil, between layers of cream cheese with herbs.

111 K 4.7/5 (33 reviews)

2 hours 50 min. difficulté

Easy

4.65 €

2 glasses

7 Ingredients

Last modified on: May 29^th 2013

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For 2 glasses, you will need:

1 ¹⁄₃ raw beetroot
2 1 tablespoon walnut oil
3 1 tablespoon lemon juice
4 ¹⁄₃ cup cream cheese
5 herbs of your choice
6 salt
7 pepper

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 50 min.

Resting: 2 hours

All in all: 2 hours 50 min.

When should you start or finish this recipe?

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Peel ¹⁄₃ raw beetroot, slice thinly, then cut into sticks and finally into small dice (or use a food processor to do this quickly).

Put into a bowl: 1 tablespoon walnut oil, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, salt and pepper and leave to marinate for about 2 hours.

Stage 2 - 2 hours

After marinating, drain the beetroot.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Mix ¹⁄₃ cup cream cheese in a bowl with your choice of herbs chopped finely (shown here: chives, coriander and parsley), salt and pepper.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Begin filling the verrines: put a layer of cheese with herbs in the bottom of each glass.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Add a layer of beetroot on top.

Stage 6 - 20 min.

Then a second layer of cheese and decorate the top with a few pieces of beetroot.

Fll all the verrines like this and refrigerate until serving.

Remarks

For the decoration, you can scatter a few chopped walnuts over the top instead of the diced beetroot.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge, coved with food film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	30 RDI=10 %	30 RDI=2 %	0	220 RDI=10 %	940 RDI: 10 %
Per 100 g	10 RDI=6 %	10 RDI=1 %	0	110 RDI=6 %	470 RDI: 6 %
Per glass	10 RDI=6 %	10 RDI=1 %	0	110 RDI=6 %	470 RDI: 6 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Nuts, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 glasses : 1.60 €

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