Beet Salad With Feta, Orange and Mint
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 large beets, washed but not peeled
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- coarse salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 4 1⁄2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 oranges, preferably navel, peeled and separated into segments (can sub blood oranges or tangerines)
- 1⁄4 cup coarsely chopped mint leaf
- 3 teaspoons minced shallots
- 1 cup french feta cheese (can sub blue cheese or goat cheese) or 1 cup Greek feta cheese, crumbled into large pieces (can sub blue cheese or goat cheese)
directions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- In a bowl, toss the beets with the olive oil and season them with salt and pepper. Put the beets on a roasting pan and cover them with foil. Roast in the preheated oven until tender, about 1 1/2 hours. (They are done when a sharp, thin-bladed knife can easily pierce through to their center.) Remove the pan from the oven, remove the beets from the pan and set them aside to cool.
- While the beets are roasting, make the vinaigrette: In a small bowl, whisk together the orange juice, balsamic vinegar and extra-virgin olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- When the beets are cool enough to handle, peel and cut them into 1/2-inch dice. Put them in a bowl with 1 cup of the orange segments, the mint and the shallots. Add the vinaigrette, season with salt and pepper and toss gently.
- Transfer the salad to a platter. Arrange the cheese and the remaining orange sections on top. Serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!