Make a salad with :
Roasted or boiled beetroot slices on the bottom, topped with
Salami, or Parma Ham, or Coppa, and
Cooked lentils on top with a
Sweet and sour balsamic vinegar dressing
Make a casserole by layering:
Roasted or boiled beetroot
Creamed corn mixed with fried onion
Fresh cream
Grated cheese of your choice.
Repeat strata until the oven dish is full, top with parmesan, bake until warmed through.
Beetroot and Tomato with tamarind
An Indian version of Sweet & sour beets - partially cook the beets, then fry a few onions, a little ginger and a tsp of Garam Masala together. Add the tomatoes and a cup of tamarind juice, a few hot peppers ( if you like them) and cook through gently until the veg are cooked.Season with salt and add a tsp od sugar if the "stew" is too tart.
Middle-eastern pickled Cucumbers & Turnips.
My wife goes crazy over this. Simple!
Make a brine solution (2 tbsps salt to 1 lt water). Add 300 cl vinegar.
Peel and slice raw beetroot and raw turnips. Set aside. Slice 2 whole garlic cloves into thin slices, set aside a few fresh celery leaves and a few black peppercorns.
In a wide-mouthed sterilised jar, toss in a few slices of garlic, some peppercorns and a celery leaf. Then start layering with slices of turnip, then slices of beetroot, then turnip, then beetroot. Every now and then, add the spices. Fill the jars with the hot brine mixture. Seal, and refrigerate.
The pickles are ready in a week, and gone in another...
