The Coup’s Beatnuts

Ingredients:

• 1¼ Cup mixed nuts (any mix except with peanuts)
• ½ Cup mixed seeds (suggested: pumpkin and sunflower)
• 2 Cups beets, peeled and roughly cut into chunks
• 0-75 ml. lemon juice
• 30 ml. olive oil
• 1 small clove garlic
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 6 oz. chèvre
• 4 sprigs dill
• 1 long english cucumber, sliced

Directions:

• Blend nuts in a food processor.
• Mix until chopped finely (as smooth as possible).
• Texture should be almost buttery.
• Set nut mixture aside.
• Place raw beet, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic into food processor and process until very, very fine.
• Add more lemon juice if you want it smoother.
• Combine the beet mixture and nut mixture together with clean hands or a spatula and season to taste.
• Serve with chèvre and garnish with dill; serve with cucumbers.

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