Carrot Romesco, Green Salad, Sweet Potato Chips
If there was ever an appropriate time to suggest a combination of ingredients could become something greater than the sum of their parts, it is now. Bread, almonds, garlic, olive oil, and roast carrots. Super simple, super memorable, and a back pocket pantry item appropriate for all occasions.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 1 qt
Source: Culinary Vegetable Institute at The Chef's Garden
Ingredients:
For the Salad:
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1 lb. mixed greens or lettuce
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Sherry vinegar or apple cider vinegar
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Microgreens, to garnish
For the Carrot Romesco:
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12 medium baby orange carrots
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7 ounces (210 g) bread, such as focaccia, torn into bite-sized pieces
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1 ½ cups (360 ml) extra-virgin olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons for the bread
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4.5 ounces (135 g) Marcona almonds
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3 large cloves garlic, roughly chopped
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2 teaspoons salt, to taste
For the Potato Chips:
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1 sweet potato
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2 quarts vegetable oil
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Sea salt
Directions:
- Heat a pot with fryer oil to 300 degrees F.
- Shave the sweet potatoes on a mandoline as thin as possible. Fry until crisp. Drain on a linen after removing from the fryer and season immediately with salt. Allow to cool.
- Chop some greens and toss with pea tendrils (or preferable microgreens). Season with sherry vinegar or apple cider vinegar and salt.
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Roast or sauté the carrots until tender. Roast or sauté the bread until crispy. Transfer all ingredients to a food processor and pulse to a chunky textural puree of sorts. Season with salt and vinegar.
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Spoon the Romesco into the bowls. Top with salad and sweet potato chips.
- Serve immediately.
As commenter Janice noted 3 years ago, this recipe lacks instructions for making the carrot romesco. It would be great if you could add them. Thanks.
Hi Mananjemen!
Of course they can be :)
Can potato chips be used as a
substitute
for crackers when eating?Hello Janice! Romesco is a sauce that is typically made from roasted tomatoes. In our recipe for Carrot Romesco, Green Salad, Sweet Potato Chips you will be making a Romesco sauce, but with carrots. Pea-tendrils are mildly sweet microgreens that we offer for purchase. You do not have to use pea-tendrils to garnish, as you can use whatever microgreen you prefer. You can learn more about our available microgreens here: https://www.chefs-garden.com/products/microgreens
The directions don’t make sense-pea tendrils? directions for Romesco?
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