Beet and Stilton Salad with Orange Vinaigrette

Baked beets have a deeper, richer taste than boiled beets. If you like, you can cook them a day or two ahead and refrigerate, still wrapped in foil, until you are ready to peel and slice them. Stilton, a sharply flavored English blue cheese, balances the natural sweetness of the beets, but other blue-veined cheeses, such as Gorgonzola, Roquefort or Saga blue, can be substituted.