Pizen volleyed:

>> Remolacha al Anís (Anise-flavored beet salad): Beets are boiled,
>> cooled, peeled, and cut into slices. A dressing is made from olive
>> oil, red wine vinegar, chopped onion, and anise seed. The beet
>> slices sit in the dressing for several hours.
>>
>> I add goat cheese or feta.
>
> I'm not crazy about beets normally, but that sounds great. I note that
> you use a strongly-flavored cheese - is the goat cheese plain or can you
> use a flavored cheese? And I suppose they would use goat cheese as
> opposed to feta in Spain? I gotta try this.

I use chevre. You can use any cheese you like, but bear in mind that the
beets and the dressing will have strong flavors of their own, and while it's
okay to match a strong flavor with another strong flavor, if you do that,
the flavors have to go together well. For example, I don't think Cheddar
would work well in that salad, but Roquefort might. A mild cheese like
cream cheese would probably be fine also, since it wouldn't be a competing
flavor.

Bob