Beets With Skordalia - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs medium beets, trimmed
1 medium potato, sliced thickly
4 cloves garlic, chopped coarsely
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1/3 cup olive oil

Preparation

Boil or steam unpeeled beets until tender; drain. Peel while still warm. Cut beets into wedges; sprinkle with salt.
For the skordalia, boil or steam potato until tender; drain. Mash potato until smooth; cool. Blend or process garlic, salt, 2 tbsp water and juice until smooth. With motor operating, add oil in a thin stream; blend until thick. Stir in potato.
Serve beets with skordalia.