beetroot in my veggie box

oakdale_minx

I had a big bag of beetroot delivered from my organic box scheme yesterday.

I'm not a big fan unless it is pickled in vinegar and then I can eat it out of the jar constantly!!

How do I do pickled beetroot? Boil them in their skins/peel/ put in jars with vinegar?? Do I add anything else ?

And how long do I have to wait before I start munching them? (and having the unfortunate 'pink pee' condition??!!!! :eek: )

TKP_3

Have you tried them roasted? Or does that not appeal? I peel them, cut into segments and roast with a bit of olive oil. Yummy

squeaky

And then there's...

- Chocolate beetroot cake

Dumyat

oh you are wasting them drowning them in vinegar

I love them boiled and eat them with white sauce poured over

sorry no idea how to pickle them!

celyn90

oakdale_minx wrote:

I had a big bag of beetroot delivered from my organic box scheme yesterday.

I'm not a big fan unless it is pickled in vinegar and then I can eat it out of the jar constantly!!

How do I do pickled beetroot? Boil them in their skins/peel/ put in jars with vinegar?? Do I add anything else ?

And how long do I have to wait before I start munching them? (and having the unfortunate 'pink pee' condition??!!!! :eek: )

That's how I've always pickled them - just boil in the skins, then peel (skins usually slide off) then slice and put into jars and pour over vinegar. You can eat them straight away, but I like to wait a few days to let the vinegar soak in.

dianasnan

I microwaved mine in a little water for about 8 mins, depending on sizeand they cooked really well. Then skinned them and put them still warm into a jam jar and covered with vinegar. don't cut them first as the colour will bleed .

Justamum

squeaky wrote:

And then there's...

- Chocolate beetroot cake

This sounds intriguing, so I'm going to try and adapt this (veganise it!) and see how it comes out. Anything to get veggies into my lot!

Personally I love beetroot and it's yummy roasted. Apparently it's also a good way of checking the length of your digestion. Grate and eat a whole beetroot, then just wait and see! A good digestion is, I believe, 12 hours from start to finish.

whatatwit

I take it the digestion check is using cooked beetroot.

squeaky

Justamum wrote:

This sounds intriguing, so I'm going to try and adapt this (veganise it!) and see how it comes out. Anything to get veggies into my lot!

Personally I love beetroot and it's yummy roasted. Apparently it's also a good way of checking the length of your digestion. Grate and eat a whole beetroot, then just wait and see! A good digestion is, I believe, 12 hours from start to finish.

I'm not especially keen on beetroot - but it gets well hidden in the cake and it makes a really nice moist and yummy one.

To REALLY hide it - I normally put all the liquids plus the grated beetroot into my kenwood and give it a really good whiz round.

oakdale_minx

definitely going to try the cake recipe

Think I will put a Wanted on Freecycle for a couple of jars/bottles, I usually have loads knocking around but I seem to be jar-less at the moment!

seraphina

Beetroot crisps are delicious, and I presume they are only very thinly sliced beetroot deep fried for a minute or so.