Beetroot with garlic and walnuts without mayonnaise

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the necessary products. Boil large beets in salted water for about 25-30 minutes in advance, then transfer to cold water and leave for 30 minutes until completely cooled. Instead of 1 large vegetable, you can use 2 small ones. Beets can also be steamed or baked in an oven - calculate the cooking time in such techniques based on the power of the steamer or oven.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the beets, rinse in water. Cut into several pieces and grind each of them on a grater with small cells into a deep salad bowl or bowl. Optionally, you can use a chopper or blender if you want to get a puree-like dish.

3. Step 3:

   

   Lightly dry the walnuts in a frying pan or in the oven for about 10-15 minutes, stirring from time to time. Grind with your hands into a container with grated beets. You can put the nuts in a bag and, having tied it, beat it with a cooking hammer, crushing them into crumbs.

4. Step 4:

   

   Peel the garlic cloves, rinse them and pass them through a special press into a container. Instead of fresh garlic, it is permissible to use garlic powder or garlic oil. The main thing is that there should be a garlic note in the dish! Garlic oil can be created by frying sliced garlic cloves in a frying pan for a minute and pouring them with oil. Then you need to turn off the heating and let the oil in the pan cool down.

6. Step 5:

   

   Add salt, ground black pepper - optional. Adding fresh herbs to the salad, do it at this stage by washing and grinding it: dill, parsley, celery, cilantro. Pour in vegetable oil. Use cold-pressed olive oil, if available. You can replace it with unrefined sunflower, etc. Many people like to fill such a dish with mayonnaise - you can try this option!

7. Step 6:

   

   Gently mix together all the ingredients of the salad and leave for 20 minutes so that they are soaked with garlic flavor. It is best to take the dish out into the cold and then serve it to the table chilled.

8. Step 7:

   

   Put beetroot salad with garlic and walnuts on plates or on a platter, garnish with fresh herbs and serve.