Oven-roasted golden beets

[linaelyn]

My favorite booth-guys at the local farmer's market had a surplus of golden beets today, and they were practically giving them away. I've never tried them before, and my experience with beets is pretty much limited to grandma's home-canned pickled beets and those purple slivers in the salad bar.

So I figured, no vegetable suffers much from oven-roasting in olive oil, right?

1 lb. golden beets, peeled & sliced into 1 cm discs.
3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil (enough to coat well)
salt to taste
grated nutmeg

Preheat oven to 425ºF. Toss sliced beets with the olive oil and arrange in a single layer on a cookie sheet or roasting pan. Sprinkle with salt and grate the nutmeg over it to taste. Roast in the top rack of the oven for 20 minutes. NOM WITH GREAT DELIGHT.

Comments

[laughingrat]

ALTERNATELY ADD CHEVRE THEN ALSO NOM

IF YOU'RE INTO CHEVRE

[linaelyn]

OH WOW YOU ARE SO RIGHT. IT WORKED WITH THE FETA I HAD ON HAND!!!

I may be somewhat hungry. *shifty eyes*

[abyssinia]

This is totally my go-to beet cooking method (though I don't bother peeling them). Especially for the golden kind.

(it is also good to add one or all of garlic, parmesan, and Italian-seasoned breadcrumbs, before cooking)

[meaghan_bullock]

Now I want to try this so badly. *schemes ways to find these at the local grocery*

[danceswithwords]

Beets are love!

Alternate cooking method: slice the tops and bottoms off to make a flat surface. Nestle in an oven-proof pan (pie pan or glass pan), add 1/4 inch of water, and cover with foil. Cook in a 400F oven for 35-50 minutes, depending on the size of the beets. Let cool in pans and then slip the skins off. Serve in any number of salad preparations. My favorite is diced beets, mixed greens, lemon vinaigrette, and crumbled ricotta salata.

[linaelyn]

Oh, thank you! Now I know what to do with the other three pounds of beets that are sitll in my crisper drawer!

[darkemeralds]

This sounds wonderful! I tried roasting beets recently, but I didn't quite get it right. I think the details of enough olive oil, the salt, the nutmeg, and the slices will make all the difference. Thank you.