Roasted Beet and Pear Salad brings winter produce into a fresh salad. With beautiful colors, rich flavors, and an oil-free salad dressing, this salad is a tasty winter dish.
I love a good winter salad. It seems like salads get so much attention in the summer when there are tons of fresh veggies. But there are so many winter veggies that taste amazing on salad! Like squash, or sweet potato, or persimmon.
This salad stars beets and pears. The earthy beets compliment the sweet pears.
I have to say though, my favorite part of this salad is the dressing. It is beautiful! I used beet juice to create a pretty pink dressing. Honestly I just want to pour it on everything. So gorgeous!
Roasting beets doesn't take much work. Just make sure to prepare the beets ahead of time so you can quickly assemble the salad.
Step 1. Chop off the stems of the beets, if they came with them on. If the beet greens and stems are clean enough, you can save them and sauté them up, like in this recipe. If the greens are really dirty or damaged, just compost them!
Step 2. Wrap each beet in aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet.
Step 3. Bake at 400°F for 40 minutes. Depending on the size of your beets, the roasting time may be as long as 90 minutes. But check them at 40. You should be able to easily poke a fork in or slice in half with a knife. The beets should feel pretty soft. If they aren't soft, return them to the oven in 10-15 minute intervals, until they soften. You may need to remove smaller beets from the tray and let larger beets cook longer.
Step 4. Once the beets are cooked, let them cool in the aluminum foil. For this recipe, you'll want to let them cool completely because this salad should be served cold.
Step 1. Make the beet dressing. Stir the dressing ingredients in a small bowl or mason jar.
Step 2. Assemble the salad. Divide the greens, beets, pears, and pecans into four bowls. Drizzle with the dressing. Serve and enjoy!
Thank you for this salad. Thank you for giving us seasonal produce to enjoy. We praise you! Amen.
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Roasted Beet and Pear Salad brings winter produce into a fresh salad. With beautiful colors, rich flavors, and an oil-free salad dressing, this salad is a tasty winter dish.
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