Beet Salad With Tangerines

Food & Wine March 09

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 24  baby orange beets
• 2  tablespoons pine nuts
• 1⁄4 cup  plus 1 teaspoon  vegetable oil
• 8  tangerines
• 4  small shallots, thinly sliced
• 3  tablespoons raspberry vinegar
•  salt

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375°. Put the beets in a roasting pan, cover with foil and bake them for about 1 hour, until they are tender. When they are cool enough to handle, peel and quarter the beets.
2. In a pie plate, toss the pine nuts with 1 teaspoon of the vegetable oil and toast them in the oven for about 3 minutes, until the pine nuts are golden brown.
3. Using a sharp knife, peel the tangerines. Working over a medium bowl, slice in between the membranes to release the tangerine sections. Squeeze the juice from the membranes into a small bowl; you should have 1/2 cup.
4. In another small bowl, toss the sliced shallots and raspberry vinegar with a pinch of salt and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in the 1/2 cup of tangerine juice and the remaining 1/4 cup of vegetable oil and season the dressing with salt.
5. Arrange the beets and tangerine sections on plates and drizzle with the dressing. Top with the toasted pine nuts and serve.