Beet Pasta With Blood Orange, Honey Walnuts, And Crispy Kale
Beet Pasta With Blood Orange, Honey Walnuts, And Crispy Kale
When you’re a food blogger, you are especially aware of produce seasonality. You know it’s fall when your Twitter feed is full of pumpkin everything — lattes, cookies, pancakes, smoothies, granola, you name it. One day, I signed on to learn that blood oranges were in season and I had almost missed out on them! I rushed to the grocery store, picked up a few, and headed back to the kitchen to make a recipe before my small window of relevancy closed. I was happy I did — when you roast an orange, it somehow transforms into a velvety, luxurious, and sweetened version of itself. — Ali Maffucci, Insprialized
Servings
2
servings
Ingredients
- juice from ¼ large lemon
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoon red wine vinegar
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon whole grain or country-style dijon mustard
- 2 medium beets, peeled, spiralized with blade c
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- cooking spray
- 1 large blood orange, peeled and quartered or cut into eighths
- 2 cup roughly chopped kale leaves (stems removed)
- ½ cup walnuts
- raw honey
Directions
- Whisk the lemon juice, some salt and pepper, olive oil, water, vinegar, orange juice, and mustard in a small bowl and refrigerate.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Place the beet noodles on a baking sheet and drizzle lightly with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and roast in the oven for 15 minutes.
- Lightly coat a separate baking sheet with cooking spray and place the orange pieces on one side and the kale on the other. Lightly coat the kale with the cooking spray and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, and then transfer the kale to a platter.
- Add the walnuts where the kale was. Drizzle lightly with honey and toss carefully with tongs. Return the baking sheet to the oven for 5 minutes more, or until the nuts are lightly toasted.
- Divide the roasted beet noodles among serving plates and top with the orange pieces, walnuts, and kale. Drizzle the vinaigrette over the top and serve.