Beetroot, pumpkin & carrot christmas eve salad

This festive salad combines the earthy flavors of beets, the sweetness of pumpkin, and the crunch of carrots for a delightful Christmas Eve dish.

Ingredients:

• 2 potatoes
• 4 carrots, 2 large, 2 small
• 300g butternut squash or pumpkin
• 2 beetroots
• 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
• 2 tbsp flaked almonds
• 300g lamb's lettuce and frisée leaves
• 1 apple
• 400g red cabbage, shredded
• ½ tsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp mustard
• 5 tbsp rapeseed oil
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 2 day-old bread slices
• 2 tsp butter

Instructions:

1. Boil the entire potatoes and 2 big carrots in a pot of gently bubbling water until they are almost soft, then let them cool down. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and roast the butternut squash or pumpkin in the oven until it becomes tender. Check it after 20 minutes, and continue baking if necessary. Toast the pumpkin seeds and sliced almonds in a dry frying pan until they turn slightly brown.
2. In a large shallow bowl, place the lettuce. Peel the small carrots, then grate them, as well as the apple. Combine the apple and carrot with the cabbage and add a bit of lemon juice to it.
3. Whisk together the honey, mustard, oil, and apple cider vinegar, then season it to your taste. Use this mixture to coat the cabbage mixture and place it on top of the lettuce, then toss everything together.
4. Peel the cooked potatoes, carrots, squash or pumpkin, and beetroot, then slice each into pieces that are around 1/2 cm thick. With a small cookie cutter, create star shapes (or any other desired shape) from the slices. Chop the leftover pieces and mix them together, then sprinkle them over the salad.
5. Decorate the salad with the vegetable stars, sprinkle balsamic vinegar, the pumpkin seeds, and almond flakes. Cut the bread into croutons in the shape of stars, then sauté them in butter until they become crunchy. Sprinkle them over the salad right before serving.
6. Moje Gotowane has provided this recipe, and it has not been tested by us.

Summary:

• Calories: 2177 kcal
• Fat: 102 g
• Protein: 48 g
• Carbs: 299 g
• Potassium: 7785 mg
• Magnesium: 657 mg