Beetroot with Shallots & Herb Butter / Slow Roast Whole Celeriac with Salt Crust / Guavas Poached in Vanilla Syrup with Star Anise

Blog Post & Recipe: Beetrooted bliss

Here the fragrant creaminess of herb butter and the savoury moreish-ness of melting charred onion acts as a delicious smokescreen for discovering the real star of the show.

Beetroot with shallots and herb butter

Blog Post & Recipe: Recipe: Trina Hahnemann’s Slow Roast Whole Celeriac with Salt Crust

Preperation time for this is 5 minutes, tops. Clean your celeriac and cut off only the most grizzly bits. Leave the skin on, it’s delicious, nutritious and gives the crust great texture.

Blog Post & Recipe: guavas poached in vanilla syrup with star anise

I made a sugar syrup with 2 cups water and 3/4 of a cup of sugar and brought this to the boil adding a split and scraped vanilla pod and 3 star anise pods. I didn’t bother peeling the fruit, just sliced off the ends, and added this to the syrup allowing it to gently simmer for about 10 – 15 minutes.