Influx of Beetroot

hungrynurse_2

Confuzzled wrote: »

in most cases you can substitute malt vinegar for white vinegar, it's really a matter of taste and the end results colour. as for the sweet thing, if you like your pickled beetroot sweet like i do then yes, you'll need to add sugar to achieve this as though they are naturally sweet on their own the vinegar overrides a lot of that.

does anyone know if you can add a pinch of bicarbonate of soda to pickled things to reduce the need for sugar like you can for jams and pie making?

thanks, do I still need to boil the vinegar? Is it just a pinch of sugar or how much? mmm cant wait!!!

DonnaP

I use grated beetroot to bulk out the mince in spag bol. It is lovely and makes the bolognaise a lovely deep colour. I am going to try and freeze grated beetroot in small quantities ready for use in the winter when the beetroot glut is over!!!

Pennylane

Last Xmas I made the most delicious Festive Beetroot Soup I have ever tasted. I think I got it from the Tesco free magazine.

When we were abroad we had a lovely creamy pink concoction one evening amongst all the other salad stuff and it turned out to be natural yoghourt with beetroot and grapefruit. It was delicious and I made some when we got home and it was dead easy and a nice change.

Red_Squirrel_4

16011996 wrote: »

pmsl. do you get pink wee too?

I love beetroot, seems I always have cos mum n dad panicked when my nappies turned pinky/red, took me to docs, thought I'd been abused:eek: but no, I had just eaten loads of beetroot:ooops.

Hey I was the baby:rotfl:

Butterfly_Brain

Beetroot is freezable (but you have to cook it first)
you could pickle some,
make a nice beetroot soup (borsht)
I think there is a recipe for beetroot smoothies

harvestmoon

Hi all
I have now boiled and pickled a lot of my harvest but have 2 cooked beets left over with no jar or pickle juice left.
Does anyone know how I can store these in the fridge and how long they will keep?
Any advice would be much appreciated.

frivolous_fay

They're quite sugary, so yeast or mould will grow on them probably within a few days I'd say.

harvestmoon

Thanks for your reply - (although I'm gutted!)

helyg

Would they freeze?

PollyFlinders_3

I freeze cooked beetroot very successfully. I usually defrost them naturally (i.e. not in the microwave because they have a tendency to spray everywhere!) and then either eat them cold with salad or use for chocolate beetroot cake. They do go mouldy after a few days in the fridge.