The Ultimate Charcuterie Board

INGREDIENTS

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Fermented Turnips

500g turnips

10g Maldon salt

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Pickled Beetroot

300ml water

300ml fresh beetroot juice

200ml elderberry vinegar

40g brown sugar

8g Salt

4 orange strips with peel taken off

8g thyme sprigs

20 black peppercorns

3 bay leaves

2 medium – large raw beetroot, cut into wedges.

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Cauliflower Piccalilli (part 1)

500g cauliflower, cut in to small florets

200g onion peeled & diced into 1/4”

200 shallots peeled & diced into1/4”

250g cucumbers split, de seeded cut into 1/4 “pieces

12g-sea salt

200ml white wine vinegar

250g distilled malt vinegar

250g caster sugar

2g dried chili flakes

10 crushed black pepper

3 cracked cardamon

1 tsp of fenugreek

½ cinnamon stick

½ sp of coriander seeds

4 cloves

1 star anise

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Cauliflower Piccalilli (part 2)

1 tsp onion seeds

½ tsp cumin seeds

½ tsp caraway seeds

¼ tsp of celery seeds

½ tsp of mustard seeds

35g dried English mustard

8g turmeric

36g corn flour

2g salt

4g curry powder

150ml of the above strained marinated vinegar

Method

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Fermented Turnips

Peel and slice the turnips, mix in the salt, lay up in the jar, or vac-pac, leave to ferment at room temp for one week. Finally drain off and this is ready to use.

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Pickled Beetroot

Bring all the ingredients to a simmer, add the beetroot, bring back to a simmer and cook the beets for approx. 10 mins, then leave to cool in the liquor for a minimum of one day up to a week.

     +    
Cauliflower Piccalilli (part 1)

Simmer the  vinegar, spices, sugar and chili, then stand for 30 minutes before passing through a fine sieve.

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Cauliflower Piccalilli (part 2)

Mix the sugar, mustard, turmeric, corn flour and whisk well to a smooth paste.

Mix the cauliflower with the onion, shallots and mix 10g of the salt into them. Leave to stand in a bowl for 24 hours in the fridge.

Salt the cucumbers with 4g of the salt and leave 2 hours before the 24 hrs is up.

Rinse all the veg in cold water in a colander & drain well allowing it to drip dry for 30 minutes. Place the spiced vinegar into a pan, bring to a simmer, add the mustard mix and whisk together until smooth. Simmer for 5 minutes, add the cauliflower and onion mix, cook for 5 minutes with the lid on at a slow simmer. Add the cucumber, simmer for another 5 minutes, but check they still have a bite.

Tip into a container to chill down and leave for 7 days before using.

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Assembly

Mixed sliced charcuterie

Piccalilli

Pickled beetroot wedges

Fermented turnip slices

Slices of sour dough toasted

Place pickles into little pots

The Ultimate Charcuterie Board

INGREDIENTS

   +  &nbsp
Fermented Turnips

500g turnips

10g Maldon salt

   +   
Pickled Beetroot

300ml water

300ml fresh beetroot juice

200ml elderberry vinegar

40g brown sugar

8g Salt

4 orange strips with peel taken off

8g thyme sprigs

20 black peppercorns

3 bay leaves

2 medium – large raw beetroot, cut into wedges.

   +   
Cauliflower Piccalilli (part 1)

500g cauliflower, cut in to small florets

200g onion peeled & diced into 1/4”

200 shallots peeled & diced into1/4”

250g cucumbers split, de seeded cut into 1/4 “pieces

12g-sea salt

200ml white wine vinegar

250g distilled malt vinegar

250g caster sugar

2g dried chili flakes

10 crushed black pepper

3 cracked cardamon

1 tsp of fenugreek

½ cinnamon stick

½ sp of coriander seeds

4 cloves

1 star anise

   +  &nbsp
Cauliflower Piccalilli (part 2)

1 tsp onion seeds

½ tsp cumin seeds

½ tsp caraway seeds

¼ tsp of celery seeds

½ tsp of mustard seeds

35g dried English mustard

8g turmeric

36g corn flour

2g salt

4g curry powder

150ml of the above strained marinated vinegar

Method

   +   
Fermented Turnips

Peel and slice the turnips, mix in the salt, lay up in the jar, or vac-pac, leave to ferment at room temp for one week. Finally drain off and this is ready to use.

   +   
Pickled Beetroot

Bring all the ingredients to a simmer, add the beetroot, bring back to a simmer and cook the beets for approx. 10 mins, then leave to cool in the liquor for a minimum of one day up to a week.

   +   
Cauliflower Piccalilli (part 1)

Simmer the  vinegar, spices, sugar and chili, then stand for 30 minutes before passing through a fine sieve.

   +   
Cauliflower Piccalilli (part 2)

Mix the sugar, mustard, turmeric, corn flour and whisk well to a smooth paste.

Mix the cauliflower with the onion, shallots and mix 10g of the salt into them. Leave to stand in a bowl for 24 hours in the fridge.

Salt the cucumbers with 4g of the salt and leave 2 hours before the 24 hrs is up.

Rinse all the veg in cold water in a colander & drain well allowing it to drip dry for 30 minutes. Place the spiced vinegar into a pan, bring to a simmer, add the mustard mix and whisk together until smooth. Simmer for 5 minutes, add the cauliflower and onion mix, cook for 5 minutes with the lid on at a slow simmer. Add the cucumber, simmer for another 5 minutes, but check they still have a bite.

Tip into a container to chill down and leave for 7 days before using.

   +   
Assembly

Mixed sliced charcuterie

Piccalilli

Pickled beetroot wedges

Fermented turnip slices

Slices of sour dough toasted

Place pickles into little pots

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