Herbed Goat Cheese And Roasted Beets Salad- Serves 4 To 6
From jjals 16 years ago
- 1 minutes to make
- Serves 46
a nice blend of flavors that makes for a great colorful presentation- red white and green – ( Italian of course)
Ingredients
- 4 medium beets, scrubbed and trimmed, leaving about 1 inch of stems attached shopping list
- For vinaigrette shopping list
- 1 1/4 teaspoons Dijon mustard shopping list
- 2 tablespoons white-wine vinegar shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon, crumbled shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil shopping list
- For herbed goat cheese shopping list
- ¾ cup of bread crumbs shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon, crumbled shopping list
- 3/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 8 ounces Montrachet or other soft goat cheese, cut into eight 1/2-inch rounds and chilled to very cold, covered shopping list
- Flield greens – about 4 cups shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 4000F.
- Wrap beets tightly in foil and roast in middle of oven 1 to 11/2 hours, or until tender.
- Unwrap beets carefully and cool until they can be handled. Discard stems and peel beets. Beets may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Cut each beet into ½ rounds and cover.
- Make vinaigrette:
- In a blender blend together mustard, vinegar, tarragon, salt, and pepper. With motor running add oil in a stream and blend until emulsified. Vinaigrette may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
- Make herbed goat cheese:
- In a bowl stir together bread crumbs, tarragon, salt, and pepper.. Coat each piece of cheese evenly with crumb mixture, pressing gently, and transfer to a baking sheet.
- Preheat broiler.
- Broil goat cheese about 2 inches from heat until crumbs are lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
- In a bowl toss flield greens with vinaigrette, plate the greens –place sliced beets on the greens in a nice pattern, and goat cheese on top of beets and drizzle remaining vinaigrette over beets.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
~HELLO~
Great 'COLORS' !
"5"FORK!!!!! delicious Flavors!
~*~mj~*~
'FLAGGED' as 'Unique'....and in my opinion (^_^) ~
mjcmcook
in Beach City loved it
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Awesome, love beets and goat cheese. Very good combination of flavors. Now,what wine would you pair with this dish? Beets and goat cheese....strong flavors, but delicious all the same.
notyourmomma
in South St. Petersburg loved it
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WOW!!! This sounds sooooo good! 5 Forks for sure.
terryr
in Henderson loved it
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