Beet “Tartare”

This is a bit of a wild card, but I insist on including it, because who else but a French chef would take the creative challenge of a veggie burger and think “tartare”? The inspiration for this surprising burger—named more for its presentation than the method, since we are cooking the beets—comes from chef Pascal Bonhomme of Pascalou, a bistro on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where I used to wait tables. He is a whiz with the microwave, evidenced by the instructions below. You’ll need five o