Beetroot, tomato & lovage salad

Name: Beetroot, tomato & lovage salad
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 5 lovage leaves, finely sliced; flaked sea salt and black pepper; 2 small-medium beetroot (similar in size to the tomatoes), skins left on, washed and trimmed; 2 large ripe tomatoes; 2 small-medium beetroot (similar in size to the tomatoes), skins left on, washed and trimmed; 2 tablespoons good olive oil; flaked sea salt and black pepper; ½ small red onion, finely sliced; a good splash of red wine vinegar

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Good Table

By Valentine Warner

Published 2013

About

This is a wonderful salad, clean and sparky, and very good with poached or grilled lamb.

Ingredients

2 small-medium beetroot (similar in size to the tomatoes), skins left on, washed and trimmed
2 large ripe tomatoes
½ small <

Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put the beetroot in a saucepan of cold water. Bring to the boil, turn down the heat and simmer for 30-40 minutes until tender. Cool, then slip off the skins.

Roughly slice the beetroots and transfer them to a salad bowl. Roughly chop the tomatoes and add them to the beetroot. Scatter the onion on top and splash with a good amount of vinegar - the salad shouldn’t be too sharp. Add the oi