Vegetable Carpaccio

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

Berbere Drizzle

Garlic Drizzle

  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons water
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • Sea salt, to taste
  • 3 tablespoon safflower or olive oil

  • 1 kohlrabi (see note), peeled
  • 1 watermelon radish, peeled
  • 1 daikon radish, peeled
  • 4 red radishes
  • 3 small (or 1 medium) beet, peeled
  • Sea salt, to taste
  • 1 cup watercress, roughly chopped

Directions

  1. To prepare the berbere drizzle, combine the sesame oil, safflower oil, and berbere spice blend. Stir to combine and set aside.
  2. To make the garlic drizzle, combine the lemon juice, water, and garlic in a blender. Add a pinch of sea salt and purée to make a paste. With the blender running, slowly stream in the oil and blend until an emulsified mixture forms. Refrigerate until needed.
  3. Use a mandolin to slice the kohlrabi, radishes, and beet into paper thin, translucent slices. Reserve each vegetable separately.
  4. Arrange the sliced vegetables on individual salad plates in rows, arcs, or circles that cover the entire surface of the plate (at this point, the plates can be made ahead, covered, and refrigerated).
  5. Sprinkle the vegetables with sea salt, to taste, and top with watercress. Drizzle the plates with the garlic drizzle, then the berbere drizzle, and serve immediately.

Note: Try and choose vegetables that are roughly the same diameter, about 2- to 3-inches, for a uniform presentation.

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Vegetable Carpaccio

Vegetable Carpaccio
Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

Berbere Drizzle Garlic Drizzle
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons water
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • Sea salt, to taste
  • 3 tablespoon safflower or olive oil

  • 1 kohlrabi (see note), peeled
  • 1 watermelon radish, peeled
  • 1 daikon radish, peeled
  • 4 red radishes
  • 3 small (or 1 medium) beet, peeled
  • Sea salt, to taste
  • 1 cup watercress, roughly chopped

Directions

  1. To prepare the berbere drizzle, combine the sesame oil, safflower oil, and berbere spice blend. Stir to combine and set aside.
  2. To make the garlic drizzle, combine the lemon juice, water, and garlic in a blender. Add a pinch of sea salt and purée to make a paste. With the blender running, slowly stream in the oil and blend until an emulsified mixture forms. Refrigerate until needed.
  3. Use a mandolin to slice the kohlrabi, radishes, and beet into paper thin, translucent slices. Reserve each vegetable separately.
  4. Arrange the sliced vegetables on individual salad plates in rows, arcs, or circles that cover the entire surface of the plate (at this point, the plates can be made ahead, covered, and refrigerated).
  5. Sprinkle the vegetables with sea salt, to taste, and top with watercress. Drizzle the plates with the garlic drizzle, then the berbere drizzle, and serve immediately.
Note: Try and choose vegetables that are roughly the same diameter, about 2- to 3-inches, for a uniform presentation.

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