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Beetroot Quinoa Salad with Horseradish Crusted Hake
A warm salad celebrating winter flavours and ingredients. Think vibrant beetroot roasted with thyme. Sustainably caught hake baked with nutty almonds and punchy horseradish - till tender and flakey. Served with fresh salad, zingy lemon and capers. Fluffy quinoa soaks up all the flavour.
Prep in 10
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
8 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 20g capers (Water, Salt, Vinegar)
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 garlic clove
- 1 tbsp horseradish puree (Horseradish Flakes, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Citric Acid, Coconut Palm Sugar)
- 80g quinoa (quinoa (100%))
- 2 hake fillets (skin off) (Fish)
- 2 tbsp ground almonds (Nuts)
- 1 onion
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 200g raw beetroot
- 40g mixed salad leaves
Nutritional Information
Calories: 567
Protein: 49g
Carbs: 45g
Fat: 23g
Ingredients
- 80g quinoa (use half) (quinoa (100%))
- 2 tbsp horseradish paste (use half) (Horseradish Flakes, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Citric Acid, Coconut Palm Sugar)
- 2 tbsp ground almonds (use half) (Nuts)
- 0 tsp dried thyme
- 40g mixed salad leaves (use half)
- 1 onion (use half)
- 200g raw beetroot (use half)
- 20g capers (use half) (Water, Salt, Vinegar)
- 150g hake fillet (skin off) (Fish)
- 2 garlic clove
- 1 unwaxed lemon (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 586
Protein: 50g
Carbs: 47g
Fat: 24g
Beetroot Quinoa Salad with Horseradish Crusted Hake
A warm salad celebrating winter flavours and ingredients. Think vibrant beetroot roasted with thyme. Sustainably caught hake baked with nutty almonds and punchy horseradish - till tender and flakey. Served with fresh salad, zingy lemon and capers. Fluffy quinoa soaks up all the flavour.
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Cooking Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9. Peel the beetroot and onion and cut them into 8 wedges each. Transfer to a lined tray and toss with 2 tsp oil, dried thyme, a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Roast for 20 mins, until the onion is soft and golden.
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted hot water to a boil. Add the quinoa and boil for 13-14 mins, until cooked, then drain. Once cooked, return to the pan and set aside.
- Make the horseradish crust. Finely chop or crush the garlic, then place it in a small bowl. Mix in the horseradish and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
- After 20 mins of roasting, transfer the onion to a bowl and set aside. Add the fish to the beetroot tray. Spread the horseradish crust over the top of the fillets and sprinkle with the ground almonds. Season with sea salt and drizzle with 2 tsp oil. Bake for 10-12 mins, until the fish is cooked through and the beetroot is soft.
- Roughly chop the capers. Zest and quarter the lemon. Add the roasted beetroot, onion, capers and lemon zest to the quinoa and toss together. Season with sea salt and black pepper.
- Just before serving, stir the salad leaves into the quinoa and transfer to serving plates. Top with the fish and garnish with lemon wedges.
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