Topic: Preserving beetroot - NOT in vinegar?

[davee52uk]

Echoing an earlier entry. I just put the beets in a plastic bin and covered them in soil. They kept all Winter even when it was frosty. I just kept them in my shed.

Also in Spring I take out the biggest two or three and replant them. They then go on to produce seeds in late Summer.

[Squashfan]

useful thread, as I have two giant cooking apples and some beetroot to use up!
My fav recipe is this:
5-6 beetroot, boiled, peeled and diced.
1 small onion, diced
8-10 fresh sage leaves, sliced
1TBL olive oil/butter
2-3 TBL yogurt/creme fraiche

saute onion in olive oil until soft, then add sage leaves. Let cook a few minutes. Add beetroot, heat through (if cold). Turn heat off and stir in yogurt (creme fraiche is less likely to curdle and can stand heat, but yogurt will get lumpy if you don't turn the heat off)
Serve as a side dish or dump over pasta. I tend to eat most of my beetroots this way. Also, steam the beetroot tops if they're tender enough and eat those as greens. Yummm.

[moonbells]

5-6 beetroot? Yikes, if I did that with the cylindra, I'd be eating it (and the rest...!) for weeks!

moonbells  ;D ;D ;D ;D

[supersprout]

did you rate the taste of cylindra moonbells? :)