can be eaten raw if thinly sliced or grated.
i prefer roasted. make a foil packet – best done w/ a significant amount of beets in order to make it worth running the oven for so long – or do in the toaster oven while you go about other business in the kitchen.
anyway: wash the beets, scrub but don’t peel. put on foil, fold sides up. drizzle w/ oil. couple pinches salt. wrap tightly. throw on cookie sheet to prevent any ovenbottom disasters. 400 degrees? check after an hour. when forktender in the center, done. remove from oven, leave in packet – i think the steam helps the skins slip off. after a while go back and pop off the skins. may need a knife to get the top off and get it started. slice or dice and serve anyway. super to have in the fridge and add to a salad w/ bleu cheese, toasted walnuts and balsamic vinaigrette. Al Forno does a great beet and avocado salad w/ arugula, olive oil and a squeeze of lemon, pinch of salt.
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June 17, 2009 at 4:41 pm |
Hi Christie — last week the beet greens were absolutely wonderful! I scrubbed them and took the thicker stems off; dropped them in boiling water for 2 minutes. Drained and added to a pan of olive oil and garlic and tossed for another minute or two. Then added a few drops of pear vinigar. There are some really neat flavored vinegars out and the pear one really blended nicely with the beet greens!
August 14, 2009 at 9:03 pm |
Greetings!
The beet rosti recipe I used was from the NY Times columnist Mark Bitten. Here is the link to the article:
http://bitten.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/recipe-of-the-day-beet-rosti-with-rosemary/?emc=eta1
(Note that he does not par boil or otherwise precook the beets. It came out great with a lot of beet flavor and a lot of sweetness. Definitely not too wet!)
ALSO, the NY Times has a whole series of “Recipes for Health” and they had a section on beets exactly a year ago when the beets were in season:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/series/recipes_for_health/beets/index.html
Cheers,
Steve Holford
June 7, 2010 at 7:10 pm |
I’m so sorry I missed the beets. They were gone by the time I arrived. Beets are my fav vegetable! Hope there are more to come?