Silverbeet, that long-stalked, dark-green vegetable, has a special place in our hearts. Stalk, leaves and all, silverbeet holds up in our recipes for creamy gratins and savoury tarts and towers of gözleme, and is a worthy team player in soups and salads. Wilted, it’s an excellent side for roasted or slow-cooked meats, and we especially love its place in Rosetta’s ricotta and silverbeet malfatti with sage burnt butter.
Here are our best silverbeet recipes.
Linguine with goat’s cheese, rainbow chard and caramelised leek
Berbere beef stew and spiced silverbeet
Grilled hanger steak with spiced vincotto and rainbow chard
Pot pies with ricotta and braised bitter greens
Lamb stuffed with silverbeet and anchovies
Poached chicken and millet salad with peas and mint
Tiny chicken meatball and orzo soup with silverbeet and feta
Beetroot, silverbeet and goat’s curd salad
Spiced lamb chops with silverbeet, chickpeas and yoghurt
Silverbeet soup with rice, lemon and smoked trout
Guy Grossi’s toasted-flour pasta with silverbeet
Pan-fried trevalla with avgolemono silverbeet
Paulette Whitney’s Mum’s silverbeet rolls
