Salt-Crusted Beets with Horseradish Crème Fraîche Recipe

Salt-Crusted Beets with Horseradish Crème Fraîche Recipe

  • 1 cup crème fraîche (8 ounces)
  • 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
  • 2 teaspoons Sherry wine vinegar
  • 2 cups coarse kosher salt
  • 5 tablespoons prepared horseradish
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
  • 1 tablespoon finely grated orange peel
  • 3 large unpeeled beets (each about 8 ounces), trimmed, scrubbed
  1. Whisk crème fraîche, horseradish, chopped chives, and Sherry wine vinegar in small bowl to blend. Season to taste with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
  2. Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix coarse salt, horseradish, thyme, and orange peel in medium bowl. Place three 3-tablespoon mounds of salt mixture on small rimmed baking sheet, spacing apart. Top each salt mound with 1 beet, then cover all beets with remaining salt mixture, pressing very firmly with hands and forming crust around each beet, covering completely.
  3. Roast beets 1 3/4 hours. Remove from oven; crack salt crusts open and remove beets. Peel beets; cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange beet slices on platter. Serve with horseradish crème fraîche.
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