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    Home » Recipes » Greek Dips & Sauces Recipes » Beetroot Salad Dip With Greek Yogurt (Patzarosalata)

    · By: Fotini · Published: Dec 28, 2017 · Updated: Oct 26, 2023

    Beetroot Salad Dip With Greek Yogurt (Patzarosalata)

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    Patzarosalata is a fresh and healthy salad of beets with yogurt, goat cheese, fresh herbs, lemon, and green onions. It's a salad dip with chunky bits of beetroot and a very creamy texture.

    Greek Beetroot Salad Yogurt

    This healthy beetroot salad with yogurt is a great way to enjoy fresh beets. Or vacuum-packed cooked beets for that matter. It's very fresh, it feels light but it's actually pretty filling, and it's very appetizing.

    Table Of Contents
    • Ingredients
    • Cooking Beets
    • Marinating
    • Storing
    • Serving Suggestions
    • Recipe

    Ingredients

    For this Greek beet salad recipe, you need some cooked beets, Greek yogurt, goat cheese, red wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, fresh lemon juice green onions, and fresh herbs like spearmint and parsley.

    Greek Beetroot Salad Ingredients

    Ingredient Substitutes:

    • Greek yogurt: Plain or low-fat Greek yogurt, either will do for this recipe.
    • Goat Cheese: You can use feta cheese instead. Though a beet salad with goat cheese is one of the best pairings ever! Feta comes second best here, but if you don't like goat cheese then feta is the way to go.
    • Red wine vinegar: Either apple cider or white wine vinegar will work as well.
    • Spearmint: If you are not a fan of spearmint then dill is a great alternative herb to use in Patzarosalata.

    No Garlic?

    Not in this beet salad recipe. If you want to use though, you can add 1-2 cloves of pressed garlic. Or for a more subtle garlic flavor, you can use half a teaspoon of garlic powder.

    Beet Yogurt Salad

    Cooking Beets

    The best way to cook beets for this beetroot salad is to either boil or steam-cook them. Roasted beets add more of a bite than what this salad needs. And by this, I don't mean to use overcooked mushy beets. Beets need to be firm yet have enough moisture so they blend in with the creaminess of this dip.

    Marinating

    The longer this Greek beet salad sits the better it gets! Refrigerate for a minimum of 3 hours before serving. This will give time for all the flavors to blend together. Plus the color of the salad will become a deep purple pink due to the beets colouring the yogurt.

    Greek Beet Salad With Yogurt
    Raw-Beet-Dip

    SIMILAR RECIPE:

    Raw beetroot salad with yogurt is a raw fresh beet (and garlicky) alternative to this salad.

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    Other Delicious & Healthy Greek Yogurt Recipes To Try:

    • Greek Yogurt Mashed Potatoes
    • Healthy Strawberry Smoothie With Honey & Greek Yogurt
    • Detox Creamed Spinach

    Storing

    Keep yogurt beet salad in an airtight food container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

    Easy Beetroot Salad With Yogurt

    Serving Suggestions

    Serve this Greek beetroot salad with healthy homemade pita bread, as a side to egg dishes like a feta omelette, or spinach scrambled eggs. You can also serve together with healthy spinach and feta wraps, as stuffing for a baked potato or baked sweet potato. Also as a side to lean chicken dishes such as Spatchcocked Chicken, or Chicken Souvlaki for a high protein meal!

    Recipe

    Greek-Beetroot-Salad-Dip

    Beetroot Salad Dip With Greek Yogurt (Patzarosalata)

    Healthy, creamy, and fresh this Greek Beetroot Salad Dip with Greek yogurt, goat cheese, herbs, and lemon, is one of the best ways to enjoy beets!
    4.08 from 39 votes
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    Course: Appetizer, Salad
    Cuisine: Greek
    Keyword: detox, gut-healing foods, yogurt
    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Servings: 1 bowl
    Calories: 187kcal

    Ingredients

    • 300 grams (10.6 ounce) boiled or steamed beetroots cut into 1 cm pieces
    • 150 grams (9 tablespoons) Greek yogurt
    • 50 grams (1.7 oz) goat cheese
    • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
    • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
    • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
    • 40 grams (2 small) green onions finely chopped
    • 1½ tablespoon fresh parsley finely chopped
    • 1â…“ teaspoon fresh spearmint or dill minced

    Instructions

    • For instructions on how to cook beetroots see Notes below.
    • Pulse together the Greek yogurt, goat cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, and red wine vinegar in a small food processor or in a blender, until smooth and uniform.
    • Stir everything together. Add to a mixing bowl the beetroots, yogurt mixture, and green onions stir to combine.
    • Refrigerate the salad for 3 to 4 hours or even overnight for the flavors to blend together.

    Notes

    How To Cook Beetroot For Salad:
    To cook beetroot for salad cut and remove the stems and leaves. Rinse the bulbs from dirt. Then place in a small cooking pot or saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and then drop the heat to a gentle simmer. Allow the beets to cook until they feel tender when you prick them with a knife. 
    Transfer beets to a bowl with cold water and allow to cool. Once cooled trim slice off the bottom and top and rub with your hands or gently peel their skin it will come off easily. Chop and add to the salad.
     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 187kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 40mg | Potassium: 159mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 1g
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    1. marilyn @family food around the clock says

      January 12, 2019 at 4:32 am

      fantastic! so refreshing

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