# Melting Beets with Feta & Pistachios

This recipe shows the best way to cook beets, creating a tender, melt-in-your-mouth texture with a sweet and bright flavor, topped with feta, pistachios, and honey.

- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Beets
- Orange
- Honey
- Feta cheese
- Pistachios

## Instructions

1. Peel and chop the beets.
2. Place the chopped beets into a bowl.
3. Season the beets.
4. Transfer the seasoned beets to a 9x13 baking pan.
5. Cover the baking pan with aluminum foil.
6. Roast the beets in the oven.
7. Cut an orange in half.
8. Squeeze fresh orange juice into a measuring cup.
9. Zest the orange into the orange juice.
10. Add honey to the orange juice and zest mixture.
11. Remove the beets from the oven.
12. Pour the orange, honey, and zest mixture over the beets in the baking pan.
13. Return the beets to the oven to finish cooking and soak up the sauce.
14. Take the beets out of the oven and whisk the sauce.
15. Arrange the cooked beets on a serving plate.
16. Drizzle the sauce from the pan over the beets.
17. Top the beets with crumbled feta cheese.
18. Sprinkle chopped pistachios over the beets.
19. Drizzle honey over the finished beets.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- mixing bowl
- baking pan
- aluminum foil
- grater
- measuring cup
- whisk
- serving plate
- tongs
- spoon

## Tips

- The fresh orange juice and zest bring out a sweetness and brightness in the beets.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1B7vjSVyfi/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4c0e308b-8b8f-4c94-94f9-7077a79b4594
- Extracted: 2025-10-07

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