Roasted Beet Salad with Cardamom Vinaigrette
This roasted beet salad is perfumed beautifully with our exotic cardamom vinaigrette is just perfect for pot lucks and picnics as it can be made ahead, travels so well and just HUGE on flavour.
Servings: 6 as a side
Calories: 320kcal
Ingredients
For the salad…
- 5-6 beets (bulbs) (approximately 1.5 kg)
- 1 cup chopped pistachios (approximately 140 grams)
- 1 ½ tablespoon cardamom seeds
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
For the cardamom vinaigrette...*
- ½ cup olive oil
- ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
- 3 tbsps lemon juice
- 2 tsps cardamom seeds
- 2 tsps cardamom powder
- 1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard
- ¼ teaspoon sweetener (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 220°C (425°F).
- Trim your beets and scrub them thoroughly to remove all the dirt.
- Place a large piece of heavy duty foil on a baking tray (a big enough piece so that you can tightly wrap the beets in them) put the beets in the middle of the foil, drizzle them with some olive oil and season with some sea salt and cracked black pepper, add the cardamom seeds then tightly seal them.
- Place them in the middle section of your oven. Depending on their size they can take anything from 30 minutes to over an hour to cook. Start checking them after they have been in the oven for 20 minutes or so. Pierce them with a fork and when they feel soft and tender they are ready.
- When done take them out of your oven and carefully unwrap them with some tongs.
- Allow them to cool before handling, then peel them (you can wear gloves to avoid staining).
- Place a piece of baking paper on your chopping board to prevent staining and then cut them into small wedges.
- Put all your vinaigrette ingredients in a glass jar, season and shake until emulsified.
- Add all your ingredients to a mixing bowl, season with salt and pepper, pour over your dressing and mix well until combined. Taste and adjust seasonings.
- Arrange in a salad bowl and chill until ready to serve.
Notes
*This may seem like a lot of dressing, but the beetroots really need it so that they can soak up all the delicious flavours from the cardamom vinaigrette. Also, the bright red earthy beet juice with the cardamom vinaigrette make a sensational mix to dunk some fresh bread into!
Nutrition
Calories: 320kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 478mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 76IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 2mg