4
Easy
20 minutes
40 minutes
Place the beetroot, leek and cumin in a large saucepan and toss to coat the vegetables with the cumin.
Add the stock and simmer over a medium heat until the beetroot is tender.
Transfer to a food processor and blend until smooth.
Return the smooth beetroot soup to the saucepan, add the sherry vinegar and season to taste.
To make the apple-and-radish salsa, thinly slice the apples and radishes into matchsticks using a sharp knife. Place in a mixing bowl and add the lemon juice.
To serve, place the soup in a large bowl and tear in the burrata. Sprinkle over the apple-and-radish salsa and garnish with the microherbs and crumbled chestnuts. Drizzle over the extra virgin olive oil.
Cook's note: burrata is a fresh Italian cheese made from mozzarella and cream. Find it at Italian delis, but if you can't find it, use regular mozzarella instead.
Read more about TASTE's Food Editor Abigail Donnelly and the exclusive dinner she cooked for André Naudé the article, The Highest Bidder.
