Beet, Orange and Walnut Salad
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
1 batch
ingredients
- 1 lb beet
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 seedless oranges (like navel)
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts
- 2 tablespoons walnut oil
- 1 pinch sugar
- salt & pepper, freshly ground
- 1 medium head romaine lettuce, cleaned and torn into bite-sized pieces
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
directions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Wrap each beet in a piece of foil, sealing tight. Place all the beet packages on a foil-lined baking dish.
- Bake for 1 - 1 1/4 hours.
- Leave the beet packages on the baking dish, but carefully pull open a corner of the foil package to let the steam escape. Let the beet packages sit in this manner for 5-10 minutes.
- Carefully open the foil package more fully.
- Let the beet packages sit in this manner for an additional 5-10 minutes or until the beets can be handled comfortably.
- Slide your fingers over the surface of the beets and the skin of the beets will peel off easily.
- Cut the beets into wedges.
- Peel 2 of the oranges well, taking care to remove all the white pith, Carefully separate the peeled oranges into separate segments.
- Set aside. Squeeze the juice from the remaining orange. Set aside. In a bowl, combine 1 tablespoon of the walnut oil, sugar, salt and pepper.
- Add the walnuts and toss well to coat. Place the walnuts in a single layer on a baking dish and bake 5-7 minutes until the nuts are very hot to the touch and smell "nutty." Allow nuts to cool and chop coarsely.
- In a bowl, combine the orange juice, the olive oil, the remaining tablespoon walnut oil, red wine vinegar, and additional salt and pepper to taste. Toss the lettuce with three-quarters of the vinaigrette and spread on a platter.
- Toss the beets with the remaining vinaigrette. Top the nest of greens with a layer of beets.
- Arrange the orange wedges decoratively around the mound of beets and sprinkle the seasoned nuts over everything.
- Serve immediately.
- Note: Other nuts and their counterpart in nut oil may be used instead of walnuts.
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