Garden Salad With Roasted Beets

From the galley of
Marie Yates, Prego

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This is a beautiful, very tasty salad certain to impress and delight everyone. Serves 14. (Size recipe down as desired)

  1. Preheat oven to 375°.
  2. Toss beets with 4-½ tablespoons olive oil in large bowl. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place in 13x9x2 inch glass baking dish. Add 3 tablespoons water.
  3. Cover with foil; roast until tender when pierced with fork, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
  4. Cool beets; reserve any liquid in baking dish. Peel, cut into ½-inch pieces. Place in medium bowl. Toss with truffle oil if available.
  5. Place greens in large bowl.
  6. Whisk vinegar with ½ cup olive oil in small bowl; whisk in liquid from beets. Season with salt and pepper.
  7. Toss greens with enough dressing to coat. Top with beets. Spoon dressing over. Sprinkle with nuts.

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