Beet Salad with Orange Vinaigrette
Beet Salad with Orange Vinaigrette

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, beet salad with orange vinaigrette. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Beets pair perfectly with citrus, and lately I've always got clementines in the fruit bowl. I added those to the salad, along with a few blood oranges I'd purchased, and the colors just went Add the golden beets, oranges, green onions, fennel, and cheese, and toss with enough of the vinaigrette to coat. I'm Sylvia from Vintage Kitchen Vixen.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have beet salad with orange vinaigrette using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Beet Salad with Orange Vinaigrette:
  1. Take 6 medium beets with good looking greens, any color
  2. Take 2 Mandarin or clementine oranges, or 1 for larger citrus
  3. Make ready 1 1/2 to 2 Tbsp vinegar, apple cider vinegar or white wine work well
  4. Prepare 1 tsp honey
  5. Make ready 2 Tbsp olive oil
  6. Take 1/2 tsp Salt
  7. Get to taste Pepper
  8. Get handful fresh herbs such as thyme & rosemary if you have
  9. Take 1/2 cup Feta or goat cheese (optional)

This salad is so versatile, so do not be afraid to Instructions for Orange Citrus Vinaigrette Whisk together the vinegar, orange juice, oil, mustard, garlic, mint or cilantro if using, and honey in a. This Roasted Beet-and-Citrus Salad is colorful, seasonal and has a beautiful presentation. Not only does it look pretty, this dish tastes light and fresh. One of our test kitchen professionals said "the citrus segment and the orange-zest-spiked vinaigrette pair well with the earthy sweet of the beets." Paired with a blood orange vinaigrette, this farro salad is a nutty and bright choice for a meatless lunch.

Steps to make Beet Salad with Orange Vinaigrette:
  1. Cut greens from beets. Wash greens and roots well.
  2. For Roasted Beets: - Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C. Peel and cut beets into wedges and bake for 40 minutes, turning them once halfway through. Roasting concentrates beets sweetness the most!
  3. To Steam: - Steam beets in their skin until soft but not mushy. Smaller beets will take about 20-25 minutes. Medium beets 30-40 minutes, and large beets up to an hour.
  4. Steamed beets are done when you can pierce with a fork or skewer. After beets are done steaming or roasting, set aside and let cool.
  5. For steamed beets, remove skin and cut into wedges when cool enough to handle. Cool in refrigerator.
  6. Prepare the greens. Cut beet greens into 3cm/1 inch ribbons.
  7. Bring a large pot of water and about 1 Tbsp salt to boil. Add the beet greens and cook until wilted, about 2-3 minutes.
  8. Drain and immediately cool under cold running water. Squeeze out excess water and set aside
  9. Make dressing by juicing 1 mandarin orange or 1/2 of a large orange (about 1/4 cup). Save the other mandarin or half orange for later.
  10. And mix the juice with 1.5 to 2 Tbsp vinegar, 2 Tbsp oil, 1 tsp honey and 1/2 tsp sugar. Adjust to taste. Add a bit of pepper and fresh herbs.
  11. In a bowl, sprinkle salt on beet greens and mix with half the dressing. Peel the other orange and separate into wedges. In a separate bowl, marinade the beet root wedges and orange wedges with rest of dressing.
  12. On your serving platter, lay out beet greens and arrange beet root and orange wedges over top. If you like, serve with cheese such as goat cheese or feta!

Drain, and set aside to cool. Wash and cut beets into quarters, and steam until tender. Drain beets well and cut each in half, cut larger beets into quarters. Place in a small salad bowl. Zest as much as possible of the orange peel, right into Discard remains.

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