Baked Beet Salad
"This unusual salad is a great side dish for those who love beets. I like the leftovers stuffed into a kaiser with some roast beef; makes for a great sandwich."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 2 lbs raw beets
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon, zest of
- 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (, substitute fresh parsley if you don't like cilantro)
- 1 teaspoon liquid honey
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
- Wash beets and trim, but do NOT peel.
- Wrap beets in foil"packages", keeping similar-sized beets together and keeping all packages a single layer.
- Place packages directly on oven rack and bake for 1 hour; beets should be tender when poked with a knife.
- Remove from oven, open packages, and let beets cool until you can touch them.
- Once cool, peel and dice; place diced beets in large serving bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients to make dressing; taste and add salt if you wish.
- Toss diced beets with dressing and serve; may be refrigerated but bring back to room temperature before serving.
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Reviews
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Baking beets is the best way to bring out the taste of this vegetable. Once you bake them you will nevr go back to boiling -
Lennie, you've created another fan of baked beets! Really brings out the sweetness of the beet. A nice refreshing salad to go along with the heavier side dishes! Thanks, Lennie! M&Mers -
I must agree with Susan - baking produces more tender beets than boiling. I followed the recipe exactly, used parsley (because I had no cilantro) & didn't think that salt was necessary. The tartness of the lemon was a nice contrast to the sweetness of the beets. Thanx Lennie!
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