Ingredients
- 800 g fennel
- 400 g legumes and sprouted cereals
- 350 g carrots
- 200 g boiled chestnuts
- 200 g milk
- 2 shallots
- a head of Belgian endive
- thyme
- fresh oregano
- rosemary
- butter
- vegetable broth
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
For the recipe of legumes salad sprouted with fennel and chestnut cream, cut the fennel into small pieces and the shallots into slices. Sauté the shallot in a pan with a tablespoon of butter, add the fennel and toast for 18-20 minutes. Salt and switch off. Blend everything in the food processor, with a ladle of broth. Do not use the immersion mixer because it is not powerful enough.
For the salad: Peel the carrots and cut them into cubes; sauté in a pan with a little oil and a few thyme leaves for 8-10 minutes. Cut the Belgian salad into strips. Cook the chestnuts in the milk with a sprig of rosemary for 5 minutes, to soften and flavor them. Drain. Mix the sprouted legumes with the carrots and the Belgian salad and season with a little oil, salt, thyme leaves and oregano. Serve the salad over the fennel cream and complete with chestnuts.