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Introduction
Today, I present to you a delicious and easy-to-prepare starter: beetroot salad with mayonnaise.
It is a simple dish, requiring only 3 main ingredients, which can proudly be placed on a festive menu or a family reunion meal.
Let’s discover together how you can quickly and easily make delicious beets with mayo.
The secret for the best beetroot salad with mayonnaise
As I already said, beets with mayo only requires 3 simple ingredients: beets, mayo and salt.
In addition, you can use salt, black pepper or any other seasoning that you particularly enjoy.
So, it is important to use high quality ingredients for the best beetroot salad with mayonnaise.
Therefore, I recommend using homemade mayonnaise. I am not saying that the one you can buy in the store is not good, but a creamy, tasty and healthy mayonnaise is always the homemade mayonnaise.
I prefer to use kid-friendly mayo, which I prepare from boiled egg yolks (or at least thermally prepared eggs), because I do not like to use raw eggs.
For ThermomixΒ owners, you can use this extremely easy mayonnaise recipe from the Cookidoo platform, if you prefer the raw eggs mayo.
Beetroot salad with mayonnaise full recipe
Beetroot Salad with Mayonnaise Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Oven
- 1 Vegetable Grater
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Spatula
- 1 Silicon gloves
Ingredients
- 2 pc beetroots
- 70-100 gr mayonnaise
- Salt
- Optional: garlic, black pepper
Instructions
- First, you need to preheat the oven at 180β (356β)
- Meanwhile, rinse the beetroots well and place them on a baking tray covered with baking paper
- Once the oven is heated, place the baking tray into the oven and cook the beetroots for approx. 45 MIN. You can check if the beetroots are properly cooked by pricking them with a fork
- Remove the baking tray from the oven and leave the beetroots to completely cool
- Use cooking gloves to peel the beetroots
- Then, using a vegetable grater and still wearing the cooking gloves, grate the beetroot
- Add the mayonnaise and salt and mix all the ingredients well Optional: You can add black pepper, crushed garlic or any other ingredient that you enjoy into the beetroot salad with mayonnaise.
- Serve the beetroot salad with mayonnaise with bread or crackers
Nutrition
Different ways to cook beets with mayo
Beets with mayo represents a simple starter, which is most often cooked in Eastern Europe.
My beetroot salad recipe is the simplest version of this dish. But the beetroot salad with mayonnaise recipe can be adapted to the specific culinary habits of each country.
This simple beetroot salad with mayonnaise resembles to the Russian version of beet with mayo.
For me, this simple creamy beets salad recipe is the one I grew up with. Practically, at any festive table, the creamy beets salad with mayo and garlic was indispensable.
However, in the Nordic countries and especially in Sweden, there is a different version of beetroot salad with mayo, which along with other ingredients such as cucumber, apple and onion, creates a recipe with a different flavor than the Russian one.
Other easy and delicious starters with mayo
If you like mayonnaise and want to prepare starters that can be served both as a salad and as a spread, I recommend you try these delicious recipes:
1. Eggplant salad with mayonnaise
2. Cauliflower Mayonnaise Salad
Serving and presentation
As I already mentioned, this beetroot salad can be served both as a salad and as a spread.
I like to serve it spread on a slice of warm and crispy bread, especially since I’ve been baking bread at home for about 5 years.
So, besides being extremely easy to serve, without needing complicated presentation forms, beets with mayo represents a healthy and nourishing dish.
Because it has mayonnaise in the composition, I recommend that you keep it in the refrigerator, in a glass container with a lid, for a maximum of 5 days after cooking.
You also have the freedom to choose to use beets that you cook in advance in the oven, as I did, or to choose pickled beets.
FAQβs
How to make beetroot salad with mayonnaise?
Beetroot salad with mayonnaise is extremely easy to make. All you have to do is to grate oven cooked beets, add homemade mayonnaise and season it with salt. Optionally, you can add black pepper and crushed garlic.
How to prepare beetroot salad with mayonnaise?
Beetroot salad with mayonnaise is extremely easy to prepare. All you have to do is to grate oven cooked beets, add homemade mayonnaise and season it with salt. Optionally, you can add black pepper and crushed garlic.
Is beetroot salad with mayonnaise healthy?
Beetroot salad with mayonnaise is healthy because it contains healthy ingredients, in turn. Basically, beetroot and homemade mayonnaise are the two basic ingredients. Both of them are a healthy choice.
Is beetroot salad with mayonnaise kid-friendly?
Beetroot salad with mayonnaise is kid-friendly, especially if you choose to use homemade mayo. Moreover, for a kid-friendly version of mayonnaise, I recommend using boiled or thermally prepared egg yolks.
Where does beetroot salad with mayonnaise originate from?
If we’re talking about a simple beetroot salad with mayonnaise, I would say it originated in Eastern Europe. However, more complex versions, which contain onions, cucumbers or apples, originated in Sweden.
Is the Russian beetroot salad with mayonnaise similar to the Swedish one?
Russian beetroot salad with mayonnaise is similar to the Swedish one, except that the second contains more ingredients. Thus, the final taste of the two versions of beets with mayo will be completely different.
