Beet Salad with Orange Walnut Raspbery Vinagrette
This is a very tasty salad that we will be having more often.
Ingredients:
- 1 & 1/4 Lb. beets, peeled and cut in bite sized pieces
- 1 Tbs. olive oil
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 oranges, peeled and sectioned
for the dressing:
- 3 Tbs. walnut oil
- 3 Tbs. raspberry or strawberry vinegar
- 1 orange, juiced
- salt and pepper to taste
- Italian herbs
- 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
- maple syrups or agave syrup
- few lettuce leaves
Directions:
- Peel and slice the beets.
- Drizzle the oil over them and sprinkle them with salt.
- Roast in the oven until tender (about 40 minutes).
- Turn from time to time.
- When done, remove from the oven and allow to cool.
To make the dressing:
- Pour the walnut oil in a bowl.
- Add the raspberry or strawberry vinegar.
- Squeeze the juice of 1 orange in and whisk to mix.
- Add the Italian herbs, salt and pepper and whisk again.
- Season to taste with additional herbs.
To make the salad:
- Peel and section 2 oranges.
- Chop the walnuts.
- Make a bed of lettuce leaves on a plate.
- Place some of the roasted beets on the lettuce.
- Add half of the orange slices to the beets.
- Sprinkle the walnuts over the beets and oranges.
- Serve with the dressing drizzled over.
Notes:
You can boil the beets rather than “firing up” the oven to roast them.