December
22
Baby beets and blue cheese salad
Baby beets and blue cheese salad
Author: trotsig
Type: Salad
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Serves: 4
Beet salad, nice with Christmas dinner.
Ingredients
- 2 bunches baby beets (about 12 beets)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- ½ cup (50g) walnuts, roughly chopped and toasted
- 100g blue cheese, crumbled
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Trim the leaves from the beets, leaving a small amount of stem, and scrub clean.
- Line a roasting pan with a piece of foil and place the beets in the pan.
- Roast for 50 minutes or until just tender.
- Remove the beets from the oven, cover with foil, and leave to cool; then peel and place in a bowl.
- Whisk together the olive oil, vinegar and mustard, and season with salt and pepper.
- Drizzle this dressing over the beets and scatter with the walnuts.
- Crumble the cheese into the salad just before serving.