Golden Beet Salad from the Pacific NW, USA

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Golden Beet Salad from the Pacific NW, USA:
Today we’ve got a recipe for Golden Beet Salad from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. You can find the recipe here on Tastebook, or you can get the cookbook it’s from (Pure Flavor by Kurt Beecher Dammeier) here.



Golden Beet Salad

Adapted from Pure Flavor by Kurt Beecher Dammeier

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

1 ¼ pounds golden beets, trimmed and rinsed

1 ½ tablespoons rice vinegar or white wine vinegar

½ teaspoon sea salt

¼ teaspoon coarse ground pepper

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

¼ teaspoon whole grain/coarse mustard

1 cup baby spinach, sliced

3 tablespoons toasted walnut pieces

¼ cup crumbled blue cheese (or, if you don’t like blue cheese, use crumbled goat cheese)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the beets on a roasting pan and add water so it is ½ an inch deep. Cover the pan with foil and bake until beets are tender, about 1 ½ hours. Set beets aside until they are cool enough to handle and peel them. Slice them into ½ inch rounds, and then into ¼ inch sticks; set aside to cool completely. Toss the beets with the vinegar, salt, pepper, oil, mustard, and spinach. Garnish with walnuts and cheese.

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