Salad of Fresh Goat’s Cheese Fritters, Baby Beetroot & Figs

Name: Salad of Fresh Goat’s Cheese Fritters, Baby Beetroot & Figs
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 1 small clove garlic, any green shoot removed, finely chopped; 1 eschalot, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 60 ml extra virgin olive oil; 2-3 teaspoons aged red-wine vinegar [such as Forum Cabernet vinegar]; 2-3 teaspoons aged red-wine vinegar [such as Forum Cabernet vinegar]; sea salt and freshly ground white pepper; sea salt and freshly ground white pepper; 3 handfuls small frisée lettuce leaves, washed and spin-dried; 2 handfuls [or whatever is available] small beetroot leaves, washed and spin-dried; 5 fresh figs [preferably the Honey variety]; 5 fresh figs [preferably the Honey variety]; 500 g fresh goat’s cheese [in log form]; 2 tablespoons lemon thyme leaves; 1 handful small rocket or watercress sprigs, washed and spin-dried; 1 handful small rocket or watercress sprigs, washed and spin-dried; 2 eggs, lightly beaten with ¼ teaspoon salt; plain flour, seasoned with salt and pepper for dusting; plain flour, seasoned with salt and pepper for dusting; plain flour, seasoned with salt and pepper for dusting; 1.5-2 litres peanut oil, for deep-frying; 3 cups dried breadcrumbs [Japanese panko crumbs give a light crunchy crust]; 3 cups dried breadcrumbs [Japanese panko crumbs give a light crunchy crust]; 2 eggs, lightly beaten with ¼ teaspoon salt; 18-24 baby beetroot, with 2 cm stalk attached, scrubbed

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Serves
6
as a light lunch

Difficulty
Easy

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Salades

By Damien Pignolet

Published 2010

About

This is a variation on a salad we served at Bistro Moncur many years ago - sadly none of us can remember the precise ingredients [and so much the better in many ways]. Originally we used a very fresh, lovely cheese that was presented as a sample by a wonderfully honest farmer who knocked on the back door of the restaurant one day. He formed the cheese into cylinders so that all we had to do was slice off discs, then crumb and fry them to order. Like many pure and original products, this che

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Europe
Oceania
Australia
France
Woollahra
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Lunch
Vegetarian

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