Roasted Beet Salad with Cocoa Vinaigrette

Name: Roasted Beet Salad with Cocoa Vinaigrette
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 smalls beets, washed and peeled; 118 milliliters cacao nibs; 118 milliliters crumbled goat cheese; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 59 milliliters olive oil; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 oranges, peeled and sectioned; 79 milliliters thinly sliced red onion; 59 milliliters red wine vinegar; 142 grams spring mix salad greens; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons sugar; 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder; 118 milliliters chopped toasted walnuts

Roasted Beet Salad with Cocoa Vinaigrette is a gluten free and vegetarian side dish. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 531 calories, 12g of protein, and 44g of fat. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 40 minutes. If you have ground pepper, sugar, goat cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, salt, and pepper.

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Olive Oil

Pepper

Salt

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Bowl

Brush the beets with the olive oil mixture, then wrap them in aluminum foil and arrange on a baking sheet.

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Olive Oil

Beet

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Baking Sheet

Bake until fork tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

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Remove from the oven and let cool in the foil. Slice the beets and set aside.

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Beet

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Evenly divide the salad greens, orange sections, walnuts, goat cheese, red onion, and beets between 4 salad plates. Top each salad with 2 tablespoons of cacao nibs.

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Orange Slices

Greens

Goat Cheese

Cocoa Nibs

Red Onion

Walnuts

Beet

Drizzle with Cocoa Vinaigrette just before serving.

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Vinaigrette

Cocoa Powder

In a small bowl, add the vinegar, cocoa powder, sugar, salt, and pepper and whisk until smooth. Slowly add the oil, whisking constantly, until blended.

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Cocoa Powder

Vinegar