Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, beet and fig salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Set roasted, jewel-toned beets and fresh figs over creamy, tart labneh and scatter with honeyed pecans for an autumn salad that's both fresh and comforting. Simple and elegant beet salad with feta and roasted figs is an easy to make fall favorite that pairs well with any main dish. Figs and feta and beets, oh my!
Beet and fig salad is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Beet and fig salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook beet and fig salad using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Beet and fig salad:
- Take 4 cup arugula ( if you don't like arugula feel free to swap it for baby spinach or spring greens)
- Prepare 4 baby beets (you can buy precooked or roast in the oven in aluminum foil for about an hour)
- Make ready 3 fresh figs
- Prepare 2 oz goat cheese or feta cheese
- Take 1/4 cup toasted pecan halves
- Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil
- Make ready 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- Take 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
Time to assemble the Roasted Beet and Fig Salad! Start by adding a layer of arugula on a platter. This salad plus my obsession for beets and figs. At my work, we keep fancy shmancy olive oils and vinegars because we ladies love us some fresh crisp salads for lunch.
Instructions to make Beet and fig salad:
- If you didn't buy precooked beets roast them at 425 for about an hour wrapped in aluminum foil. Cool then peel and slice
- In a small mason jar pour lemon juice, oil and vinegar, close tightly and put aside
- Put your greens in a large bowl, shake the jar with dressing vigorously until combined. Pour over greens and toss to coat
- Cut figs in quarters
- If using goat cheese I like to put it in the freezer for 10minutes, it's easier to crumble.
- To the bowl with greens add sliced beets and quartered figs. Toss lightly. Sprinkle with pecans and crumbled goat or feta cheese. This salad is great as a side dish for grilled chicken or other protein of your choice. Enjoy!
We currently have a bottle of strawberry balsamic vinegar, which has made me a better employee and is responsible for me enjoying food more at work than at home as of late. Beet and fig salad Try to find different kinds of beets, like red, golden, candy cane to add more color to your salad. Drizzle with the dressing and scatter the figs over the salad. Alternatively, divide the arugula evenly among salad plates, placing it to one side of the plate. Drizzle with the dressing and scatter the pecans on top.
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