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Beet & Daikin Soup With Rocket Pesto

Here's how you make Beet & Daikin Soup With Rocket Pesto
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 30m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 500 grams beetroot
  • 2 teaspoons caraway seeds
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil (extra virgin)
  • 1 onion, finely sliced (medium onion)
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 120 grams carrot, coarsely grated
  • 480 grams daikon (white radish, coarsely grated)
  • 400 grams red cabbage (finely shredded)
  • 1 1/2 litre vegetable broth (or beef-bone broth)
  • 60 ml apple cider vinegar (unpasteurised specified)
  • Seas salt, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • Yoghurt (coconut or kefir, to serve, optional)
  • FOR ROCKET PESTO
  • 80 grams rocket leaves
  • 125 ml olive oil (extra virgin)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Coarsely grate one beetroot and cut another into 1cl cubes.

  • Step 2: Toast the caraway seeds in a medium fryping pan over a low heat for 30 second, or until fragrant and then set aside.

  • Step 3: Using the same pan heat the olive oil over a low heat and saute the onion and garlic until softened, about 1 minutes and then add the beetroot, carrot, daikon, cabbage and toasted caraway seeds and stir to combine.

  • Step 4: Pour in the broth and bring to the boil and reduce the heat to low and cook at a gentle simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or until the beetroot is tender.

  • Step 5: Meanwhile blend the rocket and oil for the pesto in a small food processor until finely chopped and then transfer to a small bowl and set aside.

  • Step 6: Add the vinegar to the soup and stir to combine and season with salt and pepper.

  • Step 7: Serve topped with a generous dollop of rocket pesto and yoghurt if desired.


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