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Beetroot Tartare, Jalapeno Pesto
A plant based dish layered with flavours of earth and ocean. Steamed beetroot is finely chopped into a tartare and dressed with a smoked vinaigrette (rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, lime juice, red onion). Sits on a toasted dashi base. Topped with a charcoal sesame crumb (lime zest added hot to extract the oils), golden beetroot macadamia butter, and a glazed baby beetroot that looks rooted in the ground. A green pepper and jalapeno pesto made with charred peppers, macadamia nuts and peanuts rings the dish.
Kristen: "We are going to be making a toasted dashi. So I'm going to toast the kombu."
Kristen: "I'll be making a beetroot tartare. Beetroot is strong, earthy flavours. So I'm making a dashi to add that little bit of ocean taste to it. And then a golden beetroot macadamia butter."
Kristen (on chilies and peppers): "We put it in cling film individually so it steams faster. The skin comes off quicker."
Kristen (on the crumb): "Add in the lime zest hot so that it can extract the oils." Mid-service mishap: the dressing spilled and Kristen rinsed it off and pressed on.
Kristen: "Oh my God, all of my dressing just fell. I'm just going to rinse it off a bit. We'll be fine."
VETERAN ROUND: Sally Abbe — Score: 5/10
Sally Abbe: "The link to the brief for me was a bit too obscure, and it was really small. You cooked the beetroot for the tartare really well. It had a nice bite. The smoke came through. However, I didn't really get the impact from the vinaigrette as much. The best thing for me on this dish was the pesto. I actually could have spread this on toast. The glazed baby beetroot did feel a little bit like an afterthought on top of the dish. The black soil brought some much needed texture, but it was lacking a bit of flavour."
Sally Abbe: "I like the story you were trying to tell. Unfortunately, it didn't really take shape."
Peer comments at the pass: Callum: "I think the texture of both beetroots are quite similar. A six." Lawrence: "Nice flavours there, but because it is such a small portion, you can go big on it. Six." Marion: "Same for me. Six. The pesto, you want a bit more of that." Callum: "The dashi could have been used in more of a broth rather than a glaze." Kristen self-scored 8.
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