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  • Serves: 6 Servings

North African Beet Salad (Shulman)

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Category: Salads, Vegetables

 Ingredients List

  • 2 lb Beets; trimmed
  • 1 lg Lemon; juiced
  • 1/2 ts Ground cumin
  • 1/2 ts Paprika
  • 1/4 ts Ground cinnamon
  • 1 tb Orange flower water
  • 2 tb Olive oil; or to taste
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tb Chopped fresh parsley
  • Romaine or leaf lettuce; to
  • -serve

 Directions

Wash the beets and place on a plate in a steamer. Steam until tender about
20 to 30 minutes. Set aside the liquid that accumulates on the plate and
refresh the beets with cold water. Peel and slice.

Toss the beets with lemon juice, cumin, paprika, cinnamon, orange flower
water, olive oil, and the steaming liquid that you reserved. Add salt and
peper to taste, cover and chill.

It will keep a day or two in the refrigerator. To serve, toss with parsley.
Line a bowl or platter with the lettuce leaves, top with the beets.

(PER PORTION: 88 cals; 5 g fat, 73 mg sodium; 2 g protein, 11 g carbs, 0
chol.)

ORANGE FLOWER WATER is extracted from the blossoms of the bitter orange
tree. It is used to perfume many Moroccan and Provencal dishes. It has a
sweet aroma and slightly bitter taste. You can find it in imported food
stores and in some pharmacies.

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