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A tangy refreshing beet and orange salad
that is perfect to brighten up a winter day.
This salad is not only pleasing to the palate
but also to the eye;
thanks to the combination of colours of the red beets
and the orange or the citrus.
To make a beet and orange salad,
you will need cooked beets blanch or roasted,
red wine vinegar, olive oil,
orange, salt and freshly ground peppercorn.
Peel the orange which means remove the skin
to expose the citrus so cut both ends.
Cut the skin off,
following the shape of citrus,
you see the blade, just follow the skin
as much as you can.
You can always go back.
You see, we didn’t do it properly.
Then cut your orange in half.
Remove the white membrane here,
so make a cut little bit,
just remove this.
That would be tough and same thing here.
So cut a little bit,
so you make two cuts like this.
Here we go.
Then cut the half oranges into slices
of about quarter inch and reserve them into a plate.
Prepare the beets
so cut the ends off and peel them.
When the yellow beets are in season,
try to alternate red and yellow beets
for more fun and for more colours.
Also you will find out that
organic yellow beets have little bit more flavour
than regular beets.
Cut the beets into slices
of same thickness of the orange.
So about a quarter inch thick slices.
You may want to wear latex gloves
or plastic gloves to avoid having red hands for one day.
To plate the salad, alternate a slice of orange
and slice of beetroot.
Who said that food has to be complicated to be delicious?
Often cooking rely on extremely
fresh delicious ingredients
and simplicity. It is not most difficult thing to do.
Make the vinaigrette.
Mix the vinegar with salt, freshly ground peppercorn
and whisk in the oil.
So mix well and then drizzle the salad.
Add little bit of fresh herb
such as parsley, chives, basil, dill
whatever you find in your garden
or whatever you have available,
it is not really important as long as
it is a fresh herb.
Sprinkle little bit over the sides.
Beet and orange salad is simple, easy
but delicious salad.
Bon appétit!