Ingredients
- Raspberry Fennel Vinaigrette 3 cups
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cupgood quality Raspberry vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon dijon (I prefer Grey Poupon)
- 1/2 Tablespoon dark brown sugar
- 1/2 Tablespoon minced garlic
- kosher salt
- fresh coarsely ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons toasted fennel seed, coarsely ground
- 2 cup canola oil or 1 cup canola and 1 cup walnut oil
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tablespoons raspberries, frozen or fresh
- Pistachio Crusted Beet,Fennel and Chevre Souffle; and Plating
- 8-10 Tablespoons very soft unsalted butter
- 3/4 -1 cup finely chopped (not powdery) pistachios
- 3-6 ounces beets, peeled and steamed or roasted til tender, and sliced paper thin with mandoline or 1 mm food processor slicing blade
- oil if roasting beets
- 2-3 teaspoons toasted fennel seeds, ground
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons White Whole Wheat flour
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- 6 ounces plain unherbed chevre (Montrachet and Boucheron[rind too] work well)
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 large egg yolks, whisked briefly
- 4 large egg whites
- For Plating:
- 6 Tablespoons chopped pistachios to coat souffle
- 2-3 ounces mesclun greens or 6 loose cup shaped leaves of Boston lettuce
- paper thin oval curls of fennel bulb
- whole pistachios for garnish
- fennel fronds for garnish
- leftover cooked beet, julienned for optional garnish
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