Creamy Beet Salad
- 3 cups Heinz Apple Cider Vinegar
- 3 cups sugar
- 18 each fresh beets, unpeeled
- 3 cups heavy cream
- Philadelphia Light Brick Cream Cheese Spread, softened
- 1 cup pine nuts, toasted
- 1 cup olive oil
- 6 Tbsp. fresh chives, chopped
- 2 Tbsp. salt
- 3 gal. mixed salad greens, torn
- Cook vinegar and sugar in saucepan on medium heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally.
- Place beets in half-hotel pan (or in one-fourth hotel pan for trial recipe).
- Pour vinegar mixture over beets; cover pan with foil.
- Bake in 350 degrees F convection oven 50 min.
- to 1 hour or until beets are tender; cool.
- Peel beets; cut each into 4 slices.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Meanwhile, beat cream until stiff peaks form; set aside.
- Beat cream cheese spread in large bowl until creamy.
- Fold in half the whipped cream until well blended; fold in remaining whipped cream.
- Make quenelles with cream cheese mixture, using 2 Tbsp.
- (30 mL) for each.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Combine pine nuts, oil, chives and salt.
- For each serving: Toss 2 cups (500 mL) greens with 1 Tbsp.
- (15 mL) of the pine nut mixture.
- Place greens around edge of salad plate; arrange 3 beet slices in centre.
- Top with a cream cheese quenelle.
apple cider vinegar, sugar, fresh beets, heavy cream, cream cheese, pine nuts, olive oil, fresh chives, salt, mixed salad greens
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/creamy-beet-salad-124740.aspx (may not work)