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Heat oven to 400 degrees.
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Place the beets in a baking dish and toss with just enough olive oil to coat.
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Sprinkle with salt and pepper and add apple cider and thyme sprigs to the pan.
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Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, removing the foil after an hour to allow the pan juices to reduce.
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Let beets cool in cooking liquid.
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Meanwhile, in another baking pan, toss the sunchokes with just enough olive oil to coat and season with salt and pepper.
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Add a tablespoon of water to the bottom of the pan and cover tightly with foil.
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Bake in the same oven as the beets for 30 to 45 minutes, or until tender.
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Let cool.
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To make the beet dressing, whisk together 3 tablespoons of the beet cooking liquid, the apple cider vinegar, mustard, ginger and walnut oil.
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Season with salt to taste.
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Peel beets using a paper towels to rub off the skins.
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Coarsely chop the beets and place in a salad bowl.
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Toss the beets with the dressing.
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Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat.
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Add grapeseed oil to the depth of 3/4 inch.
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Once the oil is hot, fry sunchokes in batches until crisp.
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Drain on paper towels.
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Toss the fried sunchokes in a medium bowl with honey and rosemary.
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Season with salt.
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To serve, spread the beets on a platter and top with the warm sunchokes.
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Sprinkle with herbs if using.