... favourite beetroot recipes?

[kaberett]

I find myself with A Surfeit Of Beetroot, questioning my decisions about how many to sow for growing myself this year, and a paucity of bright ideas.

Constraints: vegetarian; A does not like goat's cheese or raw parsley. Bonus points for showing off Chioggia patterning.

Current contemplations: beetroot and paneer curry, halloumi with lemony lentils, chickpeas, and beets, Textures Of Beetroot from The Modern Vegetarian, purple sprouting broccoli, beetroot, orange and caraway salad, beetroot salad with barley and hazelnut...

Comments

[ursula]

You can make a sauce with chopped (canned) tomatoes and onions and garlic and lots of dill and bake the beets in it with a bit of feta or halloumi on top. This is my favorite thing to do that isn't roasting with other root vegetables or making soup.

[madgastronomer]

Honestly, I turn out to love pickled beets. The quick pickled beets recipe I use is there, under "Kachka Pickled Beets". There's also the long pickled beets recipe. I mean to mashup the quick pickling method with the lemon and onion from Bear's recipe, and one day I'll get to that.

Eat on a salad, or with bleu cheese on a cheese platter, or with bread and a dab of sour cream. Or by itself.

[zasu]

I don’t have a recipe, but I love borscht, the red kind

[ewt]

Roasted beets with smoked paprika -- if you do them thinly sliced the stripeyness comes through nicely

Beet dip made with cooked beets, tahini, garlic and fresh mint (I also use parsley in this but would avoid it as per constraints); probably tasty deconstructed as a sort of raw beetroot carpaccio

Beet and feta tart

[enismirdal]

+1 for roasting! Beetroot and other root veg thrown into a roasting pan with some olive oil, herbs, paprika, salt and pepper and moved around periodically till done is tasty and relatively easy apart from the faff of veg prep.

[ewt]

(For some reason my brain did not classify feta as goat's cheese, though of course it often is)

Beet and Lancashire cheese salad with leafs and Balsamic vinegar and toasted walnuts/hazelnuts/pumpkin seeds (also works with apples instead of beers)

Chocolate beetroot cake (does not show stripes)

Grated beet, carrot and mooli (or kohl rabi if you get a nice tender one) salad

[aldabra]

There was a thing I did once which was beetroots in sour cream sauce, with rice and beetroot greens. I've forgotten which book it was from...

[mdlbear]

Borscht. I prefer the hot variety; the household version involves beets (cut into matchsticks, though you could do thin slices instead), cabbage, and root veggies. Typically seasoned with a half-dozen peppercorns, a couple of bayleaves, and some sour salt (crystalized citric acid). (We also used beef, but you could start with a good veggie stock instead.) Serve with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle of dill on top.

[pseudomonas]

I like beetroot burgers. Grated beetroot, minced onion and garlic, porridge oats, cooked/tinned green lentils, and peanut butter. You knead it all together, season with whatever herbs and spices float your goat, let it sit for a bit, and then form it into patties and fry them (greased frying pan).

Also: beetroot sauerkraut. finely shred cabbage, grate beetroot, mix with 2% salt by weight, knead it all together vigorously to bruise the cabbage, and pack it all including any liquid that drains out, into a springtop jar. Let it ferment for a few days. STAND IT IN A BOWL cos drips might happen. You can mix in spices; I recommend caraway seeds, juniper berries, and finely grated horseradish.

[pseudomonas]

you can ferment beetroot in brine too. Then use the brine as a base for borscht.

[pseudomonas]

also also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_LB7st8vs4 works with beetroot instead of carrot (I have tried this variation)