Beetroot & orange salad with walnuts

The classic Greek salad pantzaria salata me portokalia kai karydia was always evolving with the seasons in our house. In late February, when the almond trees were covered in blossom, our beetroot salad would metamorphose into something beautiful: it would appear on a pretty china platter that was kept for grand occasions, with slices of the sweetest of oranges and toasted walnuts on top. This signalled festivities for us children and we couldn’t wait to see what would follow it. Rece