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Rainbow Beet Salad with Feta and Mint

Rainbow Beet Salad with Feta and Mint

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Brunch, Lunch, Main Dish, Salad
Servings 4 as a side dish

Ingredients
  

  • 4 medium/large beets (2 yellow, 2 red) cooked and peeled
  • 1/2 cup feta sliced
  • 2 tbsp toasted pine nuts
  • 1/4 cup mandarins (about a dozen or so wedges) I used canned
  • 1/4 cup mint roughly chopped plus extra leaves tossed about to garnish
  • kosher salt and pepper to taste

Lemon mint dressing

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • juice of half a lemon
  • 1 tbsp plain yogurt
  • 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
  • a good pinch of kosher salt
  • fresh pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Cook four medium to large beets using your preferred method (steamed, boiled etc.) See the notes below on how I cook my beets. Once cooled, slice beets into 1/4 inch thick rounds and place on the serving dish in rows, alternating the colors (one yellow row, one red row) -- slightly overlapping the slices.
  • While the beets are cooking, in a small, dry pan (over medium heat) lightly toast the pine nuts until fragrant and lightly browning — no more than five minutes. Set aside.
  • Slice your block of feta into 1/4 inch wedges and tuck them in between the beet slices.
  • Top with mandarins, chopped mint, toasted pine nuts, a few generous pinches of kosher salt and freshly ground pepper.
  • Finish off with a drizzle of lemon mint dressing, reserving the rest for the table (so dinners can add extra dressing as they please).

Lemon mint dressing

  • In a small food processor or blender, blitz oil, lemon, yogurt, mint and salt and pepper. Serve over salad. * Alternatively, finely mince mint leaves, combine with other ingredients and shake in a sealed mason jar until well combined.

Notes

I've found the easiest beet cooking method to be boiling them skin-on for a good 45 minutes to an hour (or until they feel tender when pierced with a fork). Place under cool running water until they can be handled. At this point, you can easily remove their skins by rubbing them with paper towel.