Bagna cauda salad

Try this flavorful Bagna Cauda salad featuring a blend of crisp vegetables and a rich, garlicky anchovy dressing. Perfect for a refreshing meal!

Ingredients:

• 2 small carrots, trimmed and peeled
• 2 radishes, trimmed
• 2 small turnips, trimmed and peeled
• 2 small beets, trimmed and peeled
• 1/4 small butternut squash (the seed end, preferably), seeded and peeled
• 8 brussels sprouts, trimmed
• 1/4 cup whole flat leaf parsley leaves
• 4 anchovy fillets
• 2 small (or 1 medium) garlic cloves
• Salt
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 5 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions:

1. Cut the carrot into 3-inch-long, slender batons by first slicing the carrot crosswise into 3-inch lengths, then halving each piece lengthwise, and finally cutting each half lengthwise into 1/8-inch slivers.
2. Using a mandoline, thinly slice the radishes, turnips, and beets crosswise into translucent circles.
3. Utilize the mandoline once more to create thin ribbons from the butternut squash until you have accumulated 2 cups of ribbons.
4. Separate the brussels sprouts into individual leaves by gently trimming the stems and unwinding the leaves from the sprout, ensuring they do not wrap around each other.
5. Combine the carrots, radishes, turnips, squash, brussels sprouts, and parsley in a large mixing bowl. Save the beets for later to prevent staining the other vegetables. Toss the vegetables with your hands until evenly distributed, resulting in 4 to 6 cups of mixed vegetables.
6. In a mortar and pestle, mini food processor, or blender, crush the anchovy, garlic, and a pinch of salt into a paste. Gradually mix in the lemon juice, then the olive oil a few drops at a time to allow the dressing to emulsify. Season with salt to taste and adjust with more lemon juice or oil as needed.
7. Drizzle half of the dressing over the vegetables and gently toss with your hands to separate them. Stir thoroughly, tasting and adjusting the seasoning. Introduce the beets to the salad without fully mixing them in, and let the salad sit for at least 15 minutes before serving. Enjoy the dish feeling virtuous.

Summary:

• Calories: 874 kcal
• Fat: 70 g
• Protein: 15 g
• Carbs: 56 g
• Potassium: 1971 mg
• Magnesium: 129 mg