Need Recipes for Beets
I received a bunch of beets with greens in my CSA box. Any ideas on what to do with them?
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12 Comments:
wrap them in foil, stick them on a cookie sheet, then roast them until a knife will slip easily all the way through. i like to toss them with sugar and lemon juice and let them marinate for a bit.
the greens can be sauteed, steamed, anything you would do with any leafy green. they're quite good.
cybercita at 12:58PM on 10/07/09
I just rinse them off, leave the roots, cut off the leaves about an inch from the beet, boil them until they can be penetrated with a knife, rinse and run them under cold water while you slip off the skin, root and leaf nub. Add a bit of butter and salt and eat hot - especially good with other Fall vegetables such as squash, cabbage, carrots. If I have a few, I will cook them up and reheat in the microwave as needed.
Also, I don't have a recipe but it would be easy to find one for pickled beets.
bareneed at 1:09PM on 10/07/09
I like them roasted ~ see @bareneed above ~ and then sliced, cold, in a salad with good greens, nuts, blue or feta cheese and a good oil and vinegar dressing.
Pickled beets with hard boiled eggs were a spring/Easter tradition in my family. Still make this today...
duncan1205 at 1:38PM on 10/07/09
I love pickled beets & roasting beets, as bareneed and cybercita suggested, and then my new favorite way is the shredded beet and carrot salad from chocolate and zucchini.
and maybe the most classic preparation is beets with horseradish?
Finally - I think jessica seinfeld has a recipe for beet pancakes in her "let's hide the vegetables so the kids don't know" cookbook. You throw some beet puree in the pancakes or something, and you can freeze the pink pancakes.
I've been wondering if there's a dessert where you can throw beets in, as they are so sweet and yummy, like beet cake instead of carrot cake.
oh yeah - and don't throw the leaves away! you can make a salad or simply saute with olive oil, salt and pepper, and throw into your pasta. so good! (but use them up right away)
prunesaregood at 2:01PM on 10/07/09
Don't forget about the greens. Trim and wash the beeet greens well, then do a quick saute' in olive oil and garlic, saute' in butter or steam-braise and add a dab of butter when done. Or add to a stir fry. Tuck in an omelet, toss with pasta or eat like any other cooked greens.
Beet greens are heavenly.
CJ McD at 2:43PM on 10/07/09
Borscht. The ultimate fall soup.
tatianak at 3:12PM on 10/07/09
Spring Salad
very pretty risotto
a fun snack
Have any creme fraishe?
very simple way to use them
I've always wanted to try these!
hungrychristel at 3:34PM on 10/07/09
We just had the same issue, and used ours to make a big batch of Beet Risotto. It's from the latest Food & Wine.
Link here: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/beet-risotto
ricestein at 3:44PM on 10/07/09
Mmmm, give them to me if you don't like them! I roast them like cybercita says, and just toss with lemon, olive oil, s&p, a few herbs if I'm feeling fancy. I could eat pounds and pounds like that.
ncsuemme at 6:19PM on 10/07/09
try out some beet and lime juice.../a> delicious.
MadelynRodriguez at 1:25PM on 10/08/09
Borscht or use them in a salad like this one: Apple Beet and Avocado Salad.
Chew on That at 12:02AM on 10/12/09
Beet greens are delicious.
dmcavanagh at 12:06AM on 10/12/09