Strange I know, but the number of people who have only eaten that stuff in a can, and who don't even realise what a real beetroot looks like let alone tastes like in Australia is sorta sad.
So I'm going to tell you way to eat real beetroot, cause its amazing. I've even added some bad pictures of me and beetroot cooking. They are shocking cause I only have a phone at the moment. but I do love enjoy cooking beetroot, it makes me feel a touch like a serial killer.
Ok so beetroot you can
*bake
*boil
*grate - raw
*fry
*juice
*BBQ
It can be added to soup, salad (raw or cooked), eaten as a roast vegetable, sliced and sprinkled with pepper, cinnamon (haven't tried this one). I have to admit, I really like jsut eating them warm after I've peeled them. Hmm so tasty!
So here is how I cook them most of the time
big saucepan of boiling water
Chuck em in (top and tail them but leave the skins on to prevent bleeding too much)
The water should turn a blood red in about 30-90 seconds :D
Cover and boil/simmer for 30-60minutes (till you can stab them and they are soft, kinda like when you cook a potato etc. )
Drain and cover in cold water. As soon as you can handle, pick them up and 'rub' the skins off. It should just slide off, if it doens't you've under cooked them.
Then either eat asap, or put in a container in the fridge. Should last just over a week, if you can stop yourself from eating them all within 1 -2 days.
Tastes amazing, so good for you, and so much fun to cook (feeling like a mass murderer, however that could only appeal to people like me)
Just remember it is beetroot, so if you get covered in the red juicy stuff it will stain, also whip it off bench tops asap, cause apparently it can stain them too.
Good luck. Let me know/post your own pictures if you want :)
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