Market Vegetable Salad with Thousand Island Powder

Adapted by StarChefs.com
January 2015
Yield: 4-6 servings

INGREDIENTS:

Dehydrated Vegetables
1 bulb fennel, thinly sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
5 zucchini blossoms, thinly sliced
Sunchoke Dirt
Blended oil
1 cup diced sunchokes
salt
Roasted Vegetables
1 cup diced squash
1 cup halved Brussels sprouts
1 cup heirloom carrots
1 cup corn kernels
1 cup Romanesco florets
Blended oil
Thousand Island Powder
10 grams malt vinegar powder
15 grams tomato powder
10 grams yogurt powder
10 grams buttermilk powder
5 grams onion powder
2 grams garlic powder
2 grams dried dill
To Assemble and Serve
extra virgin olive oil
½ cup arugula
2 Nasturtium leaves
½ cup Chickweed
lemon juice

METHOD:

Dehydrated Vegetables

Lay vegetables on dehydrator trays, and in a dehydrator set to 160°F, dry vegetables for 24 hours.

Sunchoke Dirt

Heat oven to 300°F. In a sauté pan, heat oil on low flame and caramelize sunchokes until golden. Remove from heat, cool to room temperature, and purée in a food processor. Spread onto a half sheet and bake until dry. Remove from oven, cool, and then pulse in a food process to form crumbs. Season with salt.

Roasted Vegetables

Heat oven to 400°F. Separately, toss each vegetable in olive oil, place on a roasting pan, and roast until tender. Remove from oven and cool, storing vegetables separately.

Thousand Island Powder

In a bowl, combine all ingredients and stir until uniformly blended.

To Assemble and Serve

Gently warm Roasted Vegetables and toss with a little olive oil. Dust with about 1 tablespoon Thousand Island Powder. Plate Roasted Vegetables on a pile and dust with Sunchoke Dirt. Dress the greens with olive oil and lemon juice. Plate the greens on top of and around the vegetables and garnish with Dehydrated Vegetables.