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Arugula Salad with Beets and Goat Cheese
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Arugula Salad with Beets and Goat Cheese

A rich arugula salad with roasted beets, goat cheese, toasted almonds and balsamic dressing

⏱ 1 hr 20 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Salad Dressing

  1. 1
    In a small bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, honey, salt and black pepper until smooth.
    Bowl

To assemble

  1. 2
    Wrap each beet in foil, place in a pan and bake in a hot oven (180–200°C / 355–390°F) about an hour, until tender. Let cool.
    Aluminum foilOvenBaking pan
  2. 3
    Peel the beets and cut into cubes.
    KnifeCutting board
  3. 4
    Toast the almonds in a dry skillet over medium heat 3–4 minutes, stirring, until they turn lightly golden and fragrant. Let cool.
    ⚙ Dry-Pan ToastingStoveFrying pan
    💡Toast over medium heat and keep things moving: nuts, pine nuts and spices go from toasted to burnt in seconds. Transfer to a plate right away, since the hot pan keeps toasting.
  4. 5
    Arrange the leaves on a serving plate.
  5. 6
    Arrange on top the beets.
  6. 7
    Sprinkle the cheese and nuts on top.
  7. 8
    Drizzle with the dressing and serve immediately.
    💡The dressing goes on only just before serving: dressed green leaves wilt within minutes.
210calories
7 gprotein
10 gcarbs
16 gfat
● protein 14%● carbs 19%● fat 67%

Per serving (113 g), of 4 servings

For the Salad Dressing · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (7) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

🧻 Consumables: Aluminum foil

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