Beetroot, Parmesan and Cashew dip

[cookie1]

Beetroot, Parmesan and Cashew Dip:
Serves-lots!:
Ingredients:
450g can baby beets
150g packet salted, roasted cashews
1 cup grated parmnesan cheese (done in Thermomix)
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
Biscuits and vegetable crudites to serve

Preparation:
Drain the beetroot, reserving 1 tablespoon of juice.
Process cashews until fine by putting into bowl and using turbo until they are done.
Add the drained beetroot,garlic and grated parmesan.  Speed 4 or 5 until it is all blended. (approx 5-10 seconds)
Add lemon juice and reserved beetroot juice, reverse speed for 4 for 5 seconds.

Tips/Hints:
This should be kept in the fridge and is best made the day before so that the flavours can develop. It is suitable to freeze.

Hints/tips from members

Pippa - I made this with roasted fresh beetroot (3 beetroots made a half recipe).  It needed a little bit of oil to make it smoother as I didn't want a chunky dip.  I also used approx. 1/4 tsp citric acid instead of lemon juice as I didn't have any lemons.  It was delicious.

Cornish Cream - As we don't have canned beetroot in the UK I used a Tesco pack (250g) of cooked beetroot in natural juice.

chrissa - Altered to suit what I found in the pantry. Sliced beetroot, Parmesan, walnuts, a little sea salt, lemon juice, garlic.

Greyhoundmum - defrosted and tasted just as nice second time around.

[Thermomixer]

Sounds good - I have a can of baby beets that I was going to use for a dip so might give this a go.

Thanks

[Snoozie]

Made this tonight... absolutely delicious... Only had enough parmesan to do a half batch though.  Lucky in a way since we pretty much ate it all!!!!!!!!

[judydawn]

Was wondering if this recipe had to use baby beets Cookie1 rather than a can of sliced beetroot.  Maybe they have a sweeter taste?

[Snoozie]

I used sliced JD and it was yum.

[judydawn]

Thanks snoozie

[cookie1]

Sorry, been out shopping, but there was nothing left to buy!

Yes Judy, sliced is fine, just as Snoozie said.

[CreamPuff63]

Don't make this tho for bl&&dy teenagers under 20, cos they won't eat it... They see the colour of the beetroot, and they just pass and it is too expensive to waste on them. (own experience). It is such a lovely dip tho, and its nice to present with other dips because of its colour. Well done Cookie! 

[cookie1]

Thank you.

[maddy]

We enjoyed it too Cookie.
I spread it over an open homemade hamburger, with toasted fresh buns.

[Russell]

Does anyone have a photo of this one for the Favourites cookbook?

Russell.

[cookie1]

Sorry Russell I wasn't into photos then. If I make it again I'll do one for you. Hopefully someone else will have one. Have you made it? It is really delicious.

[Russell]

Sorry Russell I wasn't into photos then. If I make it again I'll do one for you. Hopefully someone else will have one. Have you made it? It is really delicious.

Alas while we're still on our elimination diet, I can't even try many of these yummy recipes I've loading up

Russell.

[cathy79]

Sorry Russell I wasn't into photos then. If I make it again I'll do one for you. Hopefully someone else will have one. Have you made it? It is really delicious.

Alas while we're still on our elimination diet, I can't even try many of these yummy recipes I've loading up

Russell.

What can you eat at the moment Russell?  Will try and think of some recipes you might like.

[Russell]

Sorry Russell I wasn't into photos then. If I make it again I'll do one for you. Hopefully someone else will have one. Have you made it? It is really delicious.

Alas while we're still on our elimination diet, I can't even try many of these yummy recipes I've loading up

Russell.

What can you eat at the moment Russell?  Will try and think of some recipes you might like.

FAILSAFE means Free of AddItives Low in Salicylates, Amines and Flavour Enhancers. The big problem is Salicylates, which are in every fruit except Pears and most herbs and vegetables except Leeks, Potatos, Swedes, Shallots, Chives, Garlic and Parsley. Amines is the next natural chemical, but it's not in as many things. Banas for example have lots of Amines, and overcooked or long stored meats.

So it's a very bland diet for now. If we pass our Salicylates challenge, lots more gets added back in. We're not eliminating gluten of dairy free for now, so most baked things are OK, and standard meat & potatoes is fine, but anything fruity, tomato based, or lots of mixed veges is out for now.

In this recipe for example, can only have garlic, salt and the cashews if they were raw (roasting creates amines). Oh and the biscuits if they were plain flour/butter type crackers.

We have the cookbook and there are lots of thing we can prepare, and I can modify ones that are close here, but taking out cheese, tomato and most fruit & veges sure cuts things down.

Russell.
Russell.