Energizing Beet, Cheese, and Pear Salad

In a hurry, healthy, light, vitamin-packed, for every day. A raw beet salad with cheese and pear will give you a boost of energy and good mood! It has the perfect combination of fresh vegetables and fruits. It is not only very tasty, but also healthy — it works like a brush for the body!
cook time: 25 min
Zoe Kendrick
Energizing Beet, Cheese, and Pear Salad

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

115
Calories
11g
Fat
9g
Carbs
4g
Protein

Ingredients (3 portions)

Basic:

Olive oil 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Walnuts 30 g
Beet 2 pc
Soft cheese 100 g
Lettuce leaves (Frillis) 2 pc
Pears (hard) 1 pc

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a raw beet salad with cheese and pear? There is nothing complicated here. To begin, prepare all the necessary ingredients according to the list. It is advisable to choose beets that are young, juicy, not flaccid, with elastic skin. If the beets are small, you can take not 2, but three pieces.

Step 2

Step 2
Lightly heat the walnuts in a dry frying pan and chop with a knife. If desired, you can replace the nuts with cashews, hazelnuts or pine nuts. Or, instead of nuts, add peeled sunflower seeds, fried in a dry frying pan.

Step 3

Step 3
Crumble the cheese or cut it into small pieces. You can use any cheese, as long as it is not hard. Feta, soft brined cheese, Adyghe or curd cheese, blue cheese, brie or camembert are suitable. But keep in mind that if your cheese is quite salty, you need to add additional salt to the salad with caution.

Step 4

Step 4
Wash the lettuce leaves, dry and finely chop. I have frillis salad — it is juicy, easy to cut and looks beautiful. Instead of frillis, you can use other greens, for example, spinach, arugula, or a ready-made salad mix.

Step 5

Step 5
Peel the beets and grate them on a Korean carrot grater.

Step 6

Step 6
Peel the pear and remove seeds. And also grate on a Korean grater. It is advisable to choose a pear that is ripe, but of a hard variety, so that you get long, straight, fairly hard shavings. Since the pear darkens quite quickly, it is advisable to grate it last, immediately before mixing all the ingredients.

Step 7

Step 7
In a bowl, combine chopped grated beets and pears with shredded lettuce.

Step 8

Step 8
Pour lemon juice over everything, salt, pepper and stir. I repeat that you need to salt the salad based on the salinity of the cheese. If your cheese is salty, you may not need to add additional salt to the salad at all. Therefore, before adding spices, taste the cheese.

Step 9

Step 9
Transfer the resulting salad to a serving platter. Top the salad with olive oil and sprinkle with cheese and walnuts. Bon appetit!

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