I love the color, I love the taste, this is one of my favourite meze dishes from the appetizers. Sweet, freshly boiled beetroot in a spicy lemon dressing with looooooads of garlic. But thats optional :-)

Ingredients

• beetroot
• garlic
• olive oil
• juice of 1 lemon
• parsley and/or fresh coriander or coriander seeds
• salt, pepper

Preparation

You can either buy the cooked beetroot vacuumed in the supermarket or if you can get it fresh you can prepare it yourself. To boil fresh beetroot, the roots are placed in a pot of lightly salted water, covered and simmered for between 30 minutes and two hours, depending on their size. Small beets and minibeet may cook in as little as 30 minutes. Large mature roots may take at least two hours to cook. After boiling, beetroot can be refreshed in cold water, which also cools them enough for the skins to be easily removed. Peel them and cut into small pieces. Add the spices and the juice of the lemon and the olive oil. Let it cool down and serve it on room temperature.
This is a simple but elegant dish of beetroot. You can toss it with garlic vinaigrette also. Feel free to use more than two cloves of garlic. Alternatively you can serve it on a bed of mixed salad greens or wild rocket leaves. If you want to make it more elegant you can make slices instead of cubesIf you want to make it more elegant you can make slices instead of cubes. Simple and delicious.