My Food Geek

It’s been a slow week at the foodgeek household. We’ve been getting the same old veggies from the CSA and I’ve been slacking off in the interesting food department. For a change, I decided to make something fancy for Monday’s dinner: Beet Tartare. I’m definitely not much of a beef person, never mind raw beef, so this dish isn’t all that scary. I served the tartare on fried radicchio risotto and topped the whole thing off with some wilted garlicky arugula.

I have to be honest here, when I decided on this dish, I had no idea how it would turn out. Sure I know the risotto would be good, the roasted beets would be sweet, and the arugula peppery, but I had no idea how they would get along on the plate. I gathered up all the parts of the recipe, roasted the beets, fried the risotto, wilted the greens, and then just plated it all up, restaurant style. I handed the plate to the eater and used my plate to take photos. I quickly took the photos and walked over to ask how the dish was, and the eater’s plate was empty. While the portion was rather small, I was surprised to see how fast it disappeared. With my first bite, I declared this dish was actually a success, who would have guessed?

I don’t really have a recipe for this sort of dish; I just made it up on the fly. If you guys would like a formal recipe, let me know in the comments and I’ll try and hammer one out.