Salade de Betterave (Beetroot Salad)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cook the beetroot, preferably in the oven rather than by boiling.
  2. Cut it into thin rounds or into a fine julienne.
  3. Cook an onion under the ashes or in the oven and chop it, then flavour the beetroot with it.
  4. Dress with oil, or with mustard, according to taste, and add chopped fine herbs.

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