Vegetable Salad Recipe ⇝ German Beet Salad with Caraway Seeds

This is a traditional German beet salad with a simple apple cider vinegar dressing and caraway seeds. You can also make it with roasted beets, but in Germany the beets are usually boiled.

Ingredients

• 4 beets
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste
• freshly ground pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon caraway seeds

Cooking Directions

1. Place beets in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer until beets can easily be pierced with a fork, about 45 minutes. Drain and cool slightly. Peel and slice beets; place into a large bowl.
2. Combine apple cider vinegar, olive oil, sugar, salt, and pepper in a small bowl and pour over beets. Mix well. Add caraway seeds and mix again. Allow to chill 2 hours before serving.

Nutrition Facts

• calories73.1
• carbohydrateContent9.4 g
• fatContent3.6 g
• fiberContent2.6 g
• proteinContent1.5 g
• saturatedFatContent0.5 g
• sodiumContent209.9 mg
• sugarContent6.6 g