Celeriac salad with hazelnuts, truffle and Berkswell cheese
Chris Shaw combines earthy celeriac and truffle with an indulgent and nutty butter dressing of toasty hazelnuts and a sweet, sharp sherry vinegar. The salad is finished off with plenty of fluffy grated Berkswell cheese and more truffle and makes an excellent Autumnal starter or side dish.
This celeriac salad makes a great starter but it’s also good as a side dish. Berkswell is almost an English equivalent of pecorino so if you can't find it pecorino or Parmesan work well. The celeriac is sliced very thin and blanched, so you will need a mandoline. This recipe will make 4 starter portions or 1 big bowl for the table.
Ingredients
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- 1 celeriac
- 80g of blanched hazelnuts
- 125g of unsalted butter
- 30ml of sherry vinegar
- 1 tbsp of Dijon mustard
- 100g of Berkswell cheese, or pecorino
- 1 black truffle, (small) or a good dash of truffle oil
- salt
Equipment
- Mandoline
Method
Peel and quarter the celeriac, then slice finely lengthways on a mandoline – don't go wafer thin as there will be no texture in the end dish. Cook in heavily salted boiling water for around 30 seconds then drain and plunge into iced water
- 1 celeriac
Once cooled, drain then dry the slices using kitchen paper or a clean tea towel
Toast the hazelnuts in a dry frying pan over medium heat for a few minutes. Keep shaking the pan to ensure a nice golden colour all over then remove from the pan to cool
- 80g of blanched hazelnuts
Return the frying pan to the heat and add the butter. Make a beurre noisette by continuing to cook the butter until it is brown and nutty. Remove from the heat and add the sherry vinegar – this will stop the butter from browning any further
- 125g of unsalted butter
- 30ml of sherry vinegar
Once the nuts are cool, roughly chop with a knife and place them into a small bowl. Pour over the warm brown butter and sherry dressing. Add the mustard and mix well. If you are using truffle oil, add this to the dressing too
- 1 tbsp of Dijon mustard
- 1 dash of truffle oil, (if using)
Place the celeriac into a bowl and season with a pinch of salt. Add the dressing, tossing to ensure all the slices are coated evenly
Finely grate a little of the Berkswell and fresh truffle (if using) into the bowl and mix well. To serve, plate the celeriac and hazelnuts into neat little piles and finish with the rest of the cheese and truffle
- 100g of Berkswell cheese
- 1 black truffle, (small)
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