Description
Perfect salad to serve your guests before dinner or as a nice lunch served outside. It has all the textures, flavors and colors.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4–6 medium to small sized beets, ends trimmed and cleaned
- 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- salt and pepper
- 4 oz. goat cheese, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons high quality honey
- zest from 1 lemon
- juice from 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 small shallot, minced
- 1 handful fresh parsley, cleaned and trimmed
- 4 cups arugula (or other salad green – spinach or mixed greens)
- 1/2 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400F. Wrap the beets in foil with 1 tablespoon olive oil and a sprinkle of both salt and pepper. Place in the oven and roast for 35-45 minutes or until the center is tender. Remove from the oven, open the foil to let the beets cool.
- Meanwhile, made the honey goat cheese. Place the goat cheese, honey, sprinkle of salt and pepper and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a food processor. Process until very smooth.
- To make the salad dressing, place the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, sprinkle of salt and pepper, lemon zest and juice, Dijon mustard, shallot and parsley in a blender or food processor. Pulse to process until combined. Set aside until ready to assemble the salad.
- When the beets are cooled, quarter them or cut into small pieces.
- To assemble the salads, place a large spoonful of the honey goat cheese on the bottom of the plate. Spread out slightly with a spoon. Place the greens on one side and the beets in the middle. Top with the nuts and a spoonful of the dressing. Sprinkle with black pepper and serve.
Notes
To check the beets, use a paring knife and pierce through the foil into the center of a beet. If it’s easy to cut into and the knife comes out smooth, then they are done.
To cool the beets faster, place them in a bowl or plate uncovered in the refrigerator.
To make the dressing by hand, chop the parsley up finely with a large knife and place in a glass container with a lid. Add in the remaining dressing ingredients and shake to combine. Either method of a food processor or by hand, works great.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 35
- Category: salad
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: salad