Alastair Little

Beetroot purée

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Soho Cooking
Soho Cooking

By Alastair Little

Published 1999

  • About

A review of L’Escargot in Gault et Millau wrote about my roast pheasant breast in less than complimentary terms, saying that ‘incredibly the chef had managed to make pheasant taste of nothing’. In mitigation, the piece went on to say that the ‘accompanying beetroot purée was absolutely exquisite’.

Ingredients

  • 500 g cooked beetroot (not vinegared)
  • 1 small onion, peeled and chopped
  • a little

Method

Peel and slice the beetroot, and sauté in a frying pan with the onion and a little sunflower oil. After 2 minutes add the vinegar and boil until nearly evaporated. Add the cream and continue boiling until it thickens and coats the beetroot. Allow to cool, and purée in a food processo