5 Must-Try Beet Recipes That Surely Will Make You Want To Cook More

• 3cups grated beets (about 4 to 5 beets)
• 1onion
• 2garlic cloves
• 2tablespoons olive oil (we prefer cold-pressed)
• 2organic eggs
• 1 1/2cups rolled oats (gluten-free if you prefer)
• 7ounces sheep’s feta cheese or firm tofu
• 1handful fresh basil, leaves picked
• 1pinch sea salt and black pepper
• 2tablespoons coconut oil, ghee or olive oil, for frying

1. Peel and grate beets, onion, and garlic on a box grater or use a food processor with the grating blades attached.
2. Place the grated vegetables in a large mixing bowl.
3. Add olive oil, eggs, and rolled oats and mix everything well.
4. Add sheep’s cheese or tofu, basil, salt, and pepper and stir to combine.
5. Set aside for about 30 minutes, so the oats can soak up the liquid and the mixture sets (this step is important for the patties to hold together).
6. Try shaping a patty with your hands. If the mixture is to loose, add some more oats.
7. Form 6 to 8 patties with your hands.
8. Grill the burgers a couple of minutes on each side – or fry them in a frying pan by heating a knob of coconut oil or ghee and fry until golden on both sides.
9. Serve with grilled sourdough bread and toppings of your choice (lettuce, cabbage?, mango, avocado?, tomatoes?, sprouts, and onions).

4.  Ginger Beet Sorbet

Easy Flavorful Recipes

Ingredients

• 1-6.5 ounce package Love Beets Baby Beets in Sweetfire Marinade
• 1 cup Water
• ½ cup Granulated Sugar
• Zest of 1 Orange
• ½ teaspoon fresh Ginger, peeled and diced
• 3 small sprigs fresh Thyme
• 1 cup freshly squeezed Orange Juice (3-4 oranges)
• 1 ½ tablespoon Honey
• ¼ teaspoon ground Cinnamon

Instructions

1. In a medium saucepan combine the beets, water, sugar, orange zest, ginger and thyme over medium heat. Bring mixture to a boil, allow to boil for one minute and remove from heat. Cover and allow to sit for 30 minutes.
2. Place a fine mesh strainer on a medium mixing bowl and pour the mixture through the strainer. Pour the strained liquid into a blender and add the beets as well. Blend until the mixture is fully pureed.
3. Place beet puree into a sealed container and refrigerate until it is fully cooled (approximately an hour).
4. While the beet puree is cooling, combine the fresh orange juice, honey and cinnamon in a small saucepan over low heat. Whisk just until the honey dissolved (2-3 minutes) and remove from heat. Place in a covered container and chill in the refrigerator.
5. When both mixtures are completely chilled, add them together and whisk to fully combine.
6. Process the liquid in an ice cream maker following the manufacturer’s instructions. Once sorbet is fully frozen in the machine, remove and place in a freezer-safe container to chill overnight for best consistency.  To Freeze without a Machine: Place sorbet in a shallow freezer-proof pan. Allow to almost freeze fully (1 to 1 1/2 hours), and stir the mixture completely. Repeat the freeze/stir process a two more time times to ensure a consistent texture (this breaks up ice crystallization).

5.  Nigel Slater’s Extremely Moist Chocolate-Beet Cake

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Step aside, red velvet. It just so happens that the deep pink earthiness of a beet is surprisingly well suited for bittersweet chocolate. Crushed beets 

Serves 8

• 8 ounces fresh beets
• 7 ounces fine dark chocolate (70%)
• 1/4 cup hot espresso
• 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons good quality cocoa powder
• 5 eggs
• Scant 1 cup superfine sugar
• Crème fraîche and poppy seeds, to serve

1. Lightly butter an 8-inch springform cake pan and line the base with a round of baking parchment. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cook the beets, whole and unpeeled, in boiling unsalted water. Depending on their size, they will be tender within 30 to 40 minutes. Young ones may take slightly less. Drain them, let them cool under running water, then peel them, slice off their stem and root, and process in a blender or food processor until a coarse purée.
3. Melt the chocolate, broken into small pieces, in a small bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Don’t stir.
4. When the chocolate looks almost melted, pour the hot espresso over it and stir once. Cut the butter into small pieces — the smaller the better — and add to the melted chocolate. Push the butter down under the surface of the chocolate with a spoon (as best you can) and leave to soften.
5. Sift together the flour, baking powder and cocoa. Separate the eggs, putting the whites in a large mixing bowl. Stir the yolks together.
6. Now, working quickly but gently, remove the bowl of chocolate from the heat and stir until the butter has melted into the chocolate. Let sit for a few minutes, then stir in the egg yolks. Do this quickly, mixing firmly and evenly so the eggs blend into the mixture. Fold in the beets. Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then fold in the sugar. Firmly but gently, fold the beaten egg whites and sugar into the chocolate mixture. A large metal spoon is what you want here; work in a deep, figure-eight movement but take care not to over-mix. Lastly, fold in the flour and cocoa.
7. Transfer quickly to the prepared cake pan and put in the oven, decreasing the hea immediately to 325 degrees F. Bake for 40 minutes. The rim of the cake will feel spongy, the inner part should still wobble a little when gently shaken. Test with a cake tester or toothpick too — if it is still gooey in the center, continue baking just until moist crumbs cling to the tester.
8. Set the cake aside to cool (it will sink a tad in the center), loosening it around the edges with a thin icing spatula after half an hour or so. It is not a good idea to remove the cake from its pan until it is completely cold. Serve in thick slices, with crème fraîche and poppy seeds.