Name: Pickled heirloom vegetables with blue-cheese dip
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 10 - 12
Ingredients: 200 gm caster sugar; 200 ml rice wine vinegar; 3 Lebanese cucumbers, quartered lengthways; 1 bunch radishes, trimmed and halved; 1 bunch baby heirloom carrots, trimmed, large ones halved; 2 nashi, cut into wedges; For drizzling: extra-virgin olive oil; To serve: finely chopped chives and toasted sesame seeds; Blue-cheese dip; 60 gm mild blue cheese, such as Gorgonzola, coarsely crumbled; 1 golden shallot, finely chopped; ½ garlic clove, finely grated; 150 gm sour cream; 80 gm mayonnaise; 2 tbsp tahini; Juice of 1 lemon; To taste: splash of Tabasco

Pickled heirloom vegetables with blue-cheese dip

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for pickled heirloom vegetables with blue-cheese dip.

Serves 10 - 12

Prep

20M

Ingredients

200 gm caster sugar

200 ml rice wine vinegar

3 Lebanese cucumbers, quartered lengthways

1 bunch radishes, trimmed and halved

1 bunch baby heirloom carrots, trimmed, large ones halved

2 nashi, cut into wedges

For drizzling: extra-virgin olive oil

To serve: finely chopped chives and toasted sesame seeds

Blue-cheese dip

60 gm mild blue cheese, such as Gorgonzola, coarsely crumbled

1 golden shallot, finely chopped

½ garlic clove, finely grated

150 gm sour cream

80 gm mayonnaise

2 tbsp tahini

Juice of 1 lemon

To taste: splash of Tabasco

Method

Main

1.Stir sugar, rice wine vinegar and 250ml water in a saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves, bring to the simmer, then set aside to cool. Pour into a non-reactive container, add vegetables and nashi, cover with baking paper and a plate to keep submerged. Refrigerate to pickle (4-6 hours). Before serving, drain well, place in a bowl and drizzle with a little oil.

2.For blue-cheese dip, process ingredients in a food processor until smooth, season to taste, and serve scattered with chives and sesame seeds, with pickled vegetables for dipping.

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