Raw Beet Winter Salad

Submitted by zombiesgirl

"I saw this on the Food Network a few years ago, and love it. It turns out pink (beets + Stilton). It's part of Christmas menu this year and I've taken to many a potluck. Friends have enjoyed this for not knowing it contains raw beets, which are not really sweet. :) I'm posting here for safe keeping."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 118.29 ml pecans, halves
• 59.14 ml maple syrup
• 1 raw beet, peeled, coarsely, grated
• 1 fuji apple (or any other hard apple)
• 1 fennel bulb, trimmed, grated
• 118.29 ml of fresh mint, stem removed, chopped
• 1.23 ml salt
• 1.23 ml fresh ground black pepper
• 44.37 ml olive oil
• 14.79 ml balsamic vinegar
• 113.39 g Stilton cheese, crumbled

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Pour maple syrup into a small bowl. Toss nuts in syrup, remove with a slotted spoon, and bake on aluminum foil or a cookie sheet for approximately 10 minutes, or until nuts are roasted and syrup solidifies around nuts.
3. In a large bowl, add beet, apple, fennel, mint, salt and pepper. Toss. Add oil and vinegar, Stilton and nuts. Toss and serve immediately.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

With one exception (I only used a rounded 1/4 cup), I followed this recipe right on down & really enjoyed the combo of maple coated nuts, beet & FUJI apple (love the flavor of those apples)! I also really like beets, but this is one of the first recipes I made using them raw ~ Definitely a recipe I'll be making again! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adopted chefs at the tail end of the current PAC]