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🍽️ Truffle-Infused Beetroot Baked in a Salt Crust
57 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 4 pieces beets (young, fresh, max 5 cm ⌀)
- 30 g truffle
- 1 kg sea salt
- 3 egg whites
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- 1. Whip the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
- 2. Gently fold two-thirds of the salt into the egg whites.
- 3. Spread the remaining salt evenly into a baking dish.
- 4. Peel the beetroot bulbs and cut each one in half.
- 5. Shave the truffle into very thin slices.
- 6. Place the truffle slices between the two halves of the beetroot.
- 7. Press the halves back together so they form a whole shape.
- 8. Take four equal portions of the salt-egg white mixture.
- 9. Shape each portion into a flat disc.
- 10. Wrap one beetroot bulb completely in one of the salt discs.
- 11. Repeat this for all the beetroot bulbs.
- 12. Place the wrapped bulbs onto the salt bed in the baking dish.
- 13. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- 14. Bake the beetroot in the oven for 30 minutes.
- 15. Put some sea salt into a serving dish.
- 16. Break open the salt crust around the beetroot.
- 17. Serve the beetroot on the salt in the dish.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 57
- Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 0 g · Carbs: 9 g