Recipe: Delicious Beet Salad with Orange Vinaigrette
Beet Salad with Orange Vinaigrette.
You can cook Beet Salad with Orange Vinaigrette using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Beet Salad with Orange Vinaigrette
- You need 6 of medium beets with good looking greens, any color.
- You need 2 of Mandarin or clementine oranges, or 1 for larger citrus.
- It's 1 1/2 to 2 Tbsp of vinegar, apple cider vinegar or white wine work well.
- You need 1 tsp of honey.
- You need 2 Tbsp of olive oil.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of Salt.
- It's to taste of Pepper.
- You need handful of fresh herbs such as thyme & rosemary if you have.
- You need 1/2 cup of Feta or goat cheese (optional).
Beet Salad with Orange Vinaigrette instructions
- Cut greens from beets. Wash greens and roots well..
- For Roasted Beets: Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C. Peel and cut beets into wedges and bake for 40 minutes, turning them once halfway through. Roasting concentrates beets sweetness the most!.
- To Steam: Steam beets in their skin until soft but not mushy. Smaller beets will take about 20-25 minutes. Medium beets 30-40 minutes, and large beets up to an hour..
- Steamed beets are done when you can pierce with a fork or skewer. After beets are done steaming or roasting, set aside and let cool..
- For steamed beets, remove skin and cut into wedges when cool enough to handle. Cool in refrigerator..
- Prepare the greens. Cut beet greens into 3cm/1 inch ribbons..
- Bring a large pot of water and about 1 Tbsp salt to boil. Add the beet greens and cook until wilted, about 2-3 minutes..
- Drain and immediately cool under cold running water. Squeeze out excess water and set aside.
- Make dressing by juicing 1 mandarin orange or 1/2 of a large orange (about 1/4 cup). Save the other mandarin or half orange for later..
- And mix the juice with 1.5 to 2 Tbsp vinegar, 2 Tbsp oil, 1 tsp honey and 1/2 tsp sugar. Adjust to taste. Add a bit of pepper and fresh herbs..
- In a bowl, sprinkle salt on beet greens and mix with half the dressing. Peel the other orange and separate into wedges. In a separate bowl, marinade the beet root wedges and orange wedges with rest of dressing..
- On your serving platter, lay out beet greens and arrange beet root and orange wedges over top. If you like, serve with cheese such as goat cheese or feta!.
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