Beet Salad with Prunes and Walnuts

Beet salad with prunes and walnuts is a great addition to rice or meat dishes for everyday meals. With a little creativity, you can decorate the salad with mayonnaise, add fresh herbs, and carve carrot flowers to make it a beautiful centerpiece for any festive table. This salad is sure to impress everyone.

If you have boiled beets and processed cheese in the fridge, you can prepare this salad in just a few minutes. It’s a perfect quick-fix dish for unexpected guests.

Cooking time: 50 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Calories: 266.

Ingredients

• large beets - 1 pc;
• carrots - 1 pc;
• prunes - 50 g;
• walnuts (peeled) - a handful;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• mayonnaise.

Cooking

1. Lay out all the ingredients for making the salad with prunes and walnuts. You will need one large beet, a large carrot, soft pitted prunes, a handful of shelled walnuts, one garlic clove, and rich mayonnaise. This salad is quick and easy to prepare. The only time-consuming part is cooking the vegetables, especially the beet. To speed up the process, you can use small beets, which cook faster. If using small beets, you will need three of them.

2. Boil the beet until fully cooked. Check doneness with a knife—if the knife slides in easily, the beet is ready. Once cooled completely, grate the beet using a coarse grater. Wash the prunes and cut them into thin strips.

3. Combine the grated beet with the prunes and add mayonnaise. Mix well.

4. Wash and peel the carrot. Cut a small piece from the tapered end to use later as decoration. Grate the remaining carrot using a fine grater.

5. Finely chop the walnuts using a blender or knife. Add the chopped nuts to the grated carrot.

6. Add mayonnaise to the carrot and walnut mixture, then mix well. Spread this mixture as the first layer on a plate where you will assemble the layered salad.

7. Now, prepare the cheese layer. Use a high-quality, rich processed cheese. Grate it on a fine grater. To make grating easier, chill the cheese well in the refrigerator beforehand. You can even place it in the freezer for a few minutes (make sure it doesn’t freeze completely). Peel the garlic clove and grate it on the same fine grater.

8. Add mayonnaise to the grated cheese and garlic mixture, then mix well.

9. Spread the cheese mixture over the carrot layer.

10. The final layer of the salad will be the beet layer. Place the beet mixture (combined with mayonnaise and prunes) on top of the salad.

11. Slice thin carrot rounds from the reserved piece and arrange them on top of the salad to create flowers. Place parsley leaves next to the flowers.

12. Decorate the sides of the layered beet salad with mayonnaise for a beautiful presentation.

13. The Beet Salad with Prunes and Walnuts is ready! Cover it gently with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving. Enjoy!