Influx of Beetroot

Gingham_Ribbon

Here's the muffin recipe. Also, I've found a recent thread about beetroot so I'll add your thread to that to keep all the answers together.

chocolatecake_2

Sorry if this has already been covered - I haven't had time to read through all the posts.

I was at my local farmers' market on Saturday and I bought beetroot to eat with that night's meal of roast chicken and roast veg. The farmer advised me to dice it and boil it (like a carrot or potato), then toss in raspberry vinegar. She said she had Czech workers on the farm at the moment and that's what they did.

It twas delicious!

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meerkatgirl

I've been given four beetroot by a friend that gets an organic box, but isn't a fan.

What should I cook up with them? Apart from soup, i'm a little at a loss!

flourgirl

I would cook them then puree them and make Chocolate Beetroot Cake.

The recipie is in the mega index. Try it, it really is very moist, chocolatey and yummy!!

meerkatgirl

what a great suggestion - thanks for that! That way i can share it with the friend who donated them too.

Any more suggestions very welcome!

flourgirl

The recipie says to use a 7" cake tin. If you do it in 2 one pound loaf tins it works great, then you will have a cake each.

pinkparrott

Hi
my favorite thing to do with beetroot is simple but really scrummy- i just peel it and put in on some tim foild add a couple of garlic cloves, a couple of tablespoons of oil(olive or vegetable) and a couple of tablespoons of balsamic vinegar (i only buy the chep one in tesco's) , gather the foil up around it and roast in the oven fo about 1 hr (when you doing something else in the oven of course!) lovely

Bambam

That sounds interesting! Never had roasted beetroot before. Would you just eat this as you would other veg with meat and potatoes, or what? Gonna try it anyway. Thanks!

steve_bilton

Roast beetroot with Roast Beef and Horserubbish is the best!

biglass

Peel them and cut into chunks;boil like potatoes and serve with a savoury white sauce-so good!