Romesco with Bellota ham, vegetables and salad

• Meat

  • 16 slices Jamon iberico de belotta

• Produce

  • 3 Carrots, large
  • 4 Of garlic, bulbs
  • 1 Radish, White
  • 1 Radish, black
  • 1 Radish, green
  • 10 Tomatoes

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 Pepper
  • 2 Salt

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 100 ml Olive oil
  • 1 Olive oil
  • 3 tbsp Sherry vinegar
  • 1 dash Truffle oil

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 50 g Almonds, whole
  • 50 g Hazelnuts, roasted

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 slice White bread

• Deli

  • 200 g Salad, mixed leaves

Found on greatbritishchefs.com

Description

Ingredients

• 10 tomatoes, scored with two incisions
• 4 bulbs of garlic
• 50g of whole almonds, peeled
• 50g of roasted hazelnuts, peeled
• 1 slice of white bread, crust removed
• 3 tbsp of sherry vinegar
• 100ml of olive oil
• 1 dash of truffle oil
• salt
• pepper
• 3 large carrots, cut into ribbons
• 1 white radish, cut into ribbons
• 1 black radish, cut into ribbons
• 1 green radish, cut into ribbons
• 16 slices of jamon Iberico de Belotta
• 200g of mixed salad leaves
• olive oil
• salt
• pepper

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 190°C/gas mark 5. Place the tomatoes and bulbs of garlic on a lightly oiled baking tray and roast until the tomatoes are well coloured and the garlic bulbs are very soft (this should take approximately 30-35 minutes)
• Allow the tomatoes and garlic to cool slightly before gently squeezing out the seeds from each tomato. Squeeze the garlic cloves out of their skins. Place the remaining pulp and skin from the tomatoes and the garlic cloves in a course sieve and rub through with the back of a ladle
• In a hot pan, toast the almonds until golden brown, stirring them continuously as they toast
• In a blender, pulse the bread with the toasted almonds and roasted hazelnuts until fairly fine in texture. Add to the reserved tomato and garlic and mix well. Finish the romesco by adding the sherry vinegar, truffle oil, olive oil. Season well
• Dress all of the vegetables with a little olive oil and season lightly. Spread a little of the romesco across each plate. Place the vegetable ribbons on top of the sauce and finish each plate with 4 slices of ham and a handful of salad leaves