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Beetroot salad with cashew nuts

This pink — almost hot pink — salad gets its colour from the raw beetroot, teamed here with toasted cashew nuts and fried croutons.

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Last modified on: July 29^th 2018

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 100 g cashew nuts
2 350 g raw beetroot
3 1 spring onion (scallion)
4 200 g bread
5 2 tablespoons olive oil
6 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 880 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
15 min.	17 min.	32 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Beetroot salad with cashew nuts : Photo of step #1

Spread 100 g cashew nuts on a baking sheet and toast in the oven at 300°F (150°C) for 10 minutes.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Beetroot salad with cashew nuts : Photo of step #2

After this time, take out of the oven and leave to cool, then chop coarsly.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 8 min.

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Peel and grate 350 g raw beetroot and put into a bowl.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

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Rinse and finely chop 1 spring onion (scallion), then add to the bowl.

Stage 5 - 7 min.

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Cut 200 g bread into small cubes and fry with 2 tablespoons olive oil in a frying pan.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

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Tip into the bowl, add the cashew nuts and 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette), then mix well.

Stage 7

Beetroot salad with cashew nuts : Photo of step #7

Your salad is ready and "in the pink".

Remarks

If you are making this in a hurry, just add the cashew nuts raw to the salad, though it will lack the crunch of the toasted nuts.

Keeping

1 or 2 hours in the fridge. Still good after, though it will start to go soft.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,734 Kcal or 7,260 Kj	92 gr	201 gr	128 gr
87 %	35 %	19 %	19 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
197 Kcal or 825 Kj	10 gr	23 gr	15 gr
10 %	4 %	2 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
433 Kcal or 1,813 Kj	23 gr	50 gr	32 gr
22 %	9 %	5 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Nuts, Gluten, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.71 €
Per person : 0.68 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Raw beetroot: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup, Sushi, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Bistro-style beetroot salad, Crunchy spring salad, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, French toast "cordon bleu", Caesar salad, Smoked eggs, Salad lyonnaise, ... All
	Cashew nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Crispy spinach rolls, Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Spicy hot toasted cashew nuts, Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts, Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cherry tomato and two cabbage salad, Mixed salad stack, Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, Cornouaillaise salad, Chickpea salad, ... All

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