Salt-crusted Beets with Avocado, Lavender, and Thyme Recipe

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Salt-crusted Beets with Avocado, Lavender, and Thyme
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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
1313
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 425°. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Bake beets until very tender when pierced through salt, about 1 1/4 hours.
  4. 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. Let beets stand until cool enough to handle.
  5. 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.
  6. Brush remaining salt off beets with a pastry brush. Peel beets and cut into thin wedges. Add golden beets and avocado to largest amount of dressing. Add red beets to bowl with 1 tbsp. dressing, and mâche to bowl with 1/2 tbsp. dressing. Gently mix each to coat. Divide beets, avocado, and mâche among 6 salad plates.
  7. Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
  8. *Sodium content could not be accurately calculated.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1312.73 Kcal (5496 kJ)
Calories from fat 818.31 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 90.92g 140%
Cholesterol 13.13mg 4%
Sodium 1695.94mg 71%
Potassium 3838.11mg 82%
Total Carbs 108.38g 36%
Sugars 63.52g 254%
Dietary Fiber 39.51g 158%
Protein 36.2g 72%
Vitamin C 93mg 155%
Vitamin A 1.3mg 44%
Iron 12.1mg 67%
Calcium 211.7mg 21%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 98.4 Kcal (412 kJ)
Calories from fat 61.34 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.82g 140%
Cholesterol 0.98mg 4%
Sodium 127.13mg 71%
Potassium 287.71mg 82%
Total Carbs 8.12g 36%
Sugars 4.76g 254%
Dietary Fiber 2.96g 158%
Protein 2.71g 72%
Vitamin C 7mg 155%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 44%
Iron 0.9mg 67%
Calcium 15.9mg 21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 33
    Points
  • 35
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • cholesterol free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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