beet salad with red onion mint and pistachios

Desciption

from clean start: inspiring you to eat clean and live well as found on the relish.com website. this made for a delicious main dish meal last night. if you don't have the beet greens, go ahead and substitute other greens: heirloom lettuce, arugula, watercress, m^ache, red loose leaf, etc.

Steps

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Preparing the beets: cut off the greens and set aside
Place the beets in an ovenproof dish and add enough water to cover the bottom
Cover with foil and bake 1 hour or until they pierce easily with a knife
Remove beets from the oven and allow to cool
Peel and discard the skins
Cut them into wedges or slices
Remember: keep the red beets separate from the golden beets to avoid the red beets bleeding
Drizzle 1 / 2 teaspoon of sherry vinegar on the red beets and the other one half teaspoon on the golden beets
Toss to coat and set aside
Assembling the salad: wash well and coarsely chop the beet greens
Place in a colander
Slice the red onions into thin rounds and place on top of the greens
Boil 1 cup of water then pour over the beets and onions
Drain well and pat dry
Transfer to a bowl and stir in the mint and beets
Drizzle the vegetables with the remaining 1 teaspoon of sherry vinegar and the olive oil
Season to taste with salt and pepper
Toss
Garnish with the pistachios
Com site shows the vegetables all arranged on a platter in their own little mounds and the ingredients were not tossed together
I chose to serve the salad with each ingredient placed in mounds for a more beautiful presentation
The nuts were of course scattered on top of the salad

Step 23

Total Time in Minute 75

Ingredients Count 10

cooking beet salad with red onion mint and pistachios

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Ingredients

Red beets

Golden beets

Red onion

Sherry wine vinegar

Water

Of fresh mint

Extra virgin olive oil

Coarse salt

Cracked black pepper

Pistachios

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