Roasted Beet Salad

Name: Roasted Beet Salad
Prep time: 3 d 3 h
Cook time: 3 d 3 h
Total time: 3 d 3 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters sliced natural almonds; 85 grams cups mâche or baby arugula; 1 bunch beets (3/4 pound without greens or 1 1/4 pound with), trimmed; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 3 Tbsps olive oil; 1 large Asian pear; 2 Tbsps red-wine vinegar; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp minced shallot; 0 teaspoons sugar

Need a gluten free and vegan side dish? Roasted Beet Salad could be a great recipe to try. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 206 calories, 4g of protein, and 15g of fat. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up red-wine vinegar, shallot, asian pear, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 75 hours.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Wrap beets in foil and roast in middle of oven until tender, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Unwrap beets and cool.

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Beet

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

While beets are roasting, cook almonds in oil in a small skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until pale golden. Cool almonds in oil (nuts will get darker as they cool).

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Almonds

Beet

Nuts

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Transfer almonds with a slotted spoon to a small bowl and season with salt.

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Almonds

Salt

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Slotted Spoon

Bowl

Stir together shallot, lemon juice, vinegar, sugar, salt, and oil from almonds in a large bowl.

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Lemon Juice

Almonds

Shallot

Vinegar

Sugar

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Slip skins from beets and halve large beets.

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Beet

Cut beets into 1/4-inch-thick slices and add to dressing, tossing to coat.

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Beet

Quarter and core pear and cut into julienne strips.

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Pear

Arrange beets on a platter and drizzle with any dressing remaining in bowl. Top with mâche, then pear.

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Beet

Mache

Pear

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Bowl

Sprinkle with almonds.

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Almonds

Beets may be roasted and tossed with dressing 1 day ahead, then chilled and covered. (Keep toasted almonds, covered, at room temperature. Bring dressing to room temperature before using.)

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Almonds

Beet