Recipe Overview
Roasted Vegetable Salad is built on texture and layering. Sweet roasted beets and tomatoes, tender fennel, crisp asparagus, and silky eggplant are arranged as a composed warm salad, then sharpened with shaved Tuscan Pecorino and lifted with a restrained finish of white truffle olive oil.
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Ingredients
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Fresh Fennel
— 150 g, small bulb, trimmed; fronds reserved
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Asparagus
— 40 g, spears; blanch crisp-tender and shock
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Golden / Yellow Beet
— 60 g, baby beet; cooked, peeled and cut into wedges
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Red Beet
— 60 g, baby beet; cooked, peeled and cut into wedges
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Roma Tomato
— 120 g, halved; roast cut-side up
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Eggplant
— 150 g, small Japanese variety, halved lengthwise
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil
— 27 g, divided for roasting, searing and finishing
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Culinary Salt / Sea Salt
— 1 pinch, season to taste
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Fresh Ground Black Pepper
— 1 pinch, freshly ground; season to taste
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Tuscan Pecorino Cheese
— 28 g, shaved at service
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White Truffle Olive Oil
— 5 g, use sparingly to finish
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Preparation
- Heat oven to 400°F (205°C). Wrap the beets in foil with a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt. Roast 35 to 45 minutes until knife-tender. Cool, peel, and cut into wedges.
- Blanch the fennel wedges in salted water until just tender, then drain well.
- Season the tomato halves with olive oil, salt, and pepper, and roast cut-side up for about 15 minutes.
- Brush the eggplant with olive oil and sear cut-side down in a hot skillet for about 5 minutes until browned and tender. Cut into wedges when cool enough to handle.
- Blanch the asparagus until crisp-tender, shock in ice water, drain, and cut into pieces.
- Rewarm the tomatoes and asparagus briefly if desired. Arrange all vegetables with fennel fronds on plates, shave Pecorino Toscano over the top, finish with a light drizzle of white truffle olive oil, season to taste, and serve.
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Chef Notes
Keep each vegetable distinct rather than mixing everything together. The salad is strongest when it remains composed and deliberate, with the roasted sweetness, fresh vegetable texture, Pecorino and truffle aroma each clearly expressed.
Service Suggestions
- Serve slightly warm or at room temperature for the best aroma.
- Finish the Pecorino at the last minute.
- Use white truffle olive oil lightly so it perfumes rather than dominates.
- Suitable as an antipasto, lunch salad or seasonal vegetable course.
| Calories | 240 kcal |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 20 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Fiber | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 10 mg |
| Sodium | 360 mg |