Salad with raisins cheese and walnuts

A simple but delicious salad made from available ingredients! Beetroot salad with raisins, walnuts and cheese will take its rightful place on the festive table, and can also complement lunch or dinner. The ingredients of this salad are perfectly combined with each other and complement each other, creating a wonderful taste. This salad can be arranged as a puff, or mixed and put in a single mass in a large salad bowl, portion salad bowls or fill tartlets with them. It will turn out not only delicious, but also beautiful.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Beetroot

Raisins

Walnuts

Hard cheese

Garlic

Table salt

to taste

Mayonnaise

Greenery (for decoration)

to taste

Cranberries (for decoration)

Sesame (for decoration)

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 19 % 5 g

Fats 37 % 10 g

Carbohydrates 44 % 12 g

155 kcal

GI: 8 / 25 / 67

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 45 min

Step 1:
How to make a salad with raisins cheese and walnuts? Prepare the ingredients. Boil the beetroot in a uniform, so that the beetroot cooks faster, it is enough to add a teaspoon of soda to a saucepan with water, where the beetroot will be cooked. It will be enough for 20 minutes from the moment the water boils so that the beetroot is cooked. The readiness of vegetables can be done with the tip of a knife or fork, piercing the root vegetable.
Step 2:
In order for the beetroot to retain more vitamins, instead of cooking, you can bake it in the oven, wrapping each root vegetable separately in foil beforehand. Cool the beets and grate on a medium grater. To speed up the process and in the case of salad preparation in large quantities, you can use a food processor with a grater attachment.
Step 3:
Wash the raisins thoroughly, pour boiling water and leave for 10 minutes so that it swells well. It is better to buy raisins not beautiful, large and glossy, but ordinary, it is more natural, without chemical treatment.
Step 4:
Walnuts, if they were purchased in the shell, peel, wash and dry in a microwave oven or in a dry frying pan. Then grind them with a blender, a hand grinder or a rolling pin into crumbs. Peel the garlic clove from the husk and pass it through a press or grate it on a fine grater.
Step 5:
Hard cheese can be used any to taste and availability, the main thing is that it is natural, and it was easy to grate on the track. Grate the cheese on a medium grater.
Step 6:
Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl. Add salt to taste. Season with mayonnaise.
Step 7:
Stir. Let the salad cool a little and soak in the refrigerator and serve to the table. Decorate the salad, if desired, with fresh herbs, sesame seeds and cranberry berries. The salad is ready. Bon appetit!

It is better to prepare mayonnaise yourself. It will be tastier and healthier. See here interesting recipes for homemade mayonnaise.
Also, as a dressing, you can use not only mayonnaise, but also sour cream or natural yogurt. They can be taken separately or mixed with mayonnaise in any proportion to your taste - this will reduce the calorie content of the dish.

How to steam raisins correctly? Pour well-washed raisins with hot water and leave for 10-15 minutes. During this time, it will become soft. Drain the water and dry it with paper towels.