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Beetroot, Rocket and Feta Salad

This hearty salad teams earthy roast beetroot and potatoes with sharp rocket leaves, fresh mint and a honey dressing. You can vary it by swapping different cheeses, herbs or nuts to your taste – don’t forget to serve with some fresh bread for mopping up the juices! Serves 4

Rating
Medium
Serves
4
Course
Salad
Prepare
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Cook
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Total time
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Ingredients

BeetrootLight Olive OilNew PotatoeFeta Cheesemixed Salad LeavesRocket leavesOlive OilHoneyDijon MustardLemonMint400g fresh , trimmed, peeled and cut into chunks roughly the same size as the halved potatoes (wear rubber gloves if you don’t want pink hands!)
1 tbsp
350g s (or other small potatoes), scrubbed and halved
200g
200g , or one small head of your preferred lettuce, leaves washed and torn into smaller pieces
60g fresh , washed
2 tbsp Extra Virgin
1 tsp runny
½ tsp
Juice and zest of a
Small bunch fresh , leaves only, washed
Small handful of Walnut pieces
Sea Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper

Method
Preheat the oven to 190°C (Gas Mark 5). While the oven is warming up, put a saucepan over a medium heat and add the walnut pieces. Cook them for just a couple of minutes until smelling fragrant and toasted, then tip them on to a saucer to cool. Next, put the beetroot chunks into a large roasting tin, drizzle over the light olive oil, add a pinch of sea salt and a few turns of the pepper mill, and turn the beetroot in the oil to ensure each piece is coated. Roast in the hot oven for about 15 minutes, then remove the tray, add the potatoes (turning them in the oil) and put it all back in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the potatoes and beetroot are tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife. Once cooked, remove the tray of veg from the oven and set aside. Make a dressing by whisking together the extra virgin olive oil, honey, mustard and lemon zest and juice, plus salt and pepper to your taste. Next, place the salad leaves and rocket in a serving bowl or dish, then gently tip in the cooked vegetables and any cooking juices. Drizzle over most of the dressing, then crumble in the feta, tear over the mint leaves and mix everything gently together until it is lightly coated with dressing. Finally, scatter over the toasted walnuts, then take to the table with plenty of bread and any leftover dressing.