Potato nests with radish, apple and beetroot
Oven baked potato nests topped with crisp radish, apple and beetroot matchsticks are a welcoming change to traditional appetisers or hors dóeuvres for pre-Christmas entertaining.
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Servings: 12 potato nests
Calories: 73kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 4 large floury potatoes, (approximately 700g or 1.5 lb, I used agria potatoes), peeled and grated
- 1 tablespoon rice flour, (or plain flour if not gluten free)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Eggless aioli, or your favourite store bought aioli or mayonnaise
- 1 small beetroot, peeled and cut into matchsticks
- 1 radish, cut into matchsticks
- ½ apple, cut into matchsticks
- Fresh thyme sprigs, to garnish
- Lemon zest, to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C (390F) fanbake. Lined a 12 hole muffin pan with a little square of baking paper in the bottom of each hole, and lightly brush each hole with olive oil.
- Grate the potatoes onto a clean tea towel, then use the tea towel to wring out all the excess moisture over your kitchen sink. Quite a surprising amount of liquid will be released. Tip the grated potato into a mixing bowl and sprinkle over the rice flour, salt and a good grind of black pepper. Stir to coat everything evenly, then press the potato mixture evenly into the greased muffin pan. Make a little depression in the middle of each - all the better to hold the aioli which will come later.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown and crisp. Remove from the oven and pop each potato nest out onto a serving platter.
- Top each potato nest with about 1 teaspoon of eggless aioli (or aioli/mayonnaise of your choice), and matchsticks of beetroot, radish and apple. Sprinkle freshly grated lemon zest over the top, and garnish with a sprig of fresh thyme.
- Serve immediately, with a glass of your favourite tipple.
Notes
- Makes 12 individual potato nests.
- If your thyme is young and soft, the sprig will be perfectly edible and delicious. If the thyme is from your own garden and/or older and woody, remove the leaves and sprinkle with leaves instead.
- Nutrition information is calculated per potato nest, based on approximately 1 teaspoon of aioli being used per potato nest.
Nutrition information
Calories: 73kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 146mg | Potassium: 255mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 50IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 2.1mg
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