roasted beetroot

caithnesscrofter · Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:15 pm

whoa... I never had roasted beetroot before but, I tried it the other nite and it was delish. just boiled them in their skins lightly for a half an hour.. let them cool a bit and sliced them in wedges and drizzled with olive oil, some chopped garlic and some salt, pepper and fresh thyme and roasted at 220 for 25 minutes... was great.

shiney · Post: # 37574Post **shiney** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:01 pm

Mmmm that sounds good!

There's a lot of beet about at the mo'. I am toying with the idea of making my own beetroot, parsnip, carrot crisps as they are startlingly expensive to buy and never enough in a packet! Why are they so dear, when the actual veggies are fairly cheap?

I'll let you know the outcome.

greenbean · Post: # 37657Post **greenbean** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:55 pm

Hi Shiney, I too am going to try the beet, parsnip baked chips. I saw a programme 'you are what you eat', gosh, GM must be the most condescending person on earth, don't like the programme but her baked root veg idea was quite good. I work near a very expensive sandwich bar who sell small bags of root veg chips for 90p each, so I will try it out for myself and report back. Pam. x

the.fee.fairy · Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:16 pm

How?

I mean...how do you make them? Sorry if i'm being a bit thick, but last time i tried baking small slices of anything, it all went disastrously wrong, some of them went mushy, and others burnt...

Ta

shiney · Post: # 37993Post **shiney** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:21 pm

I am going to use a potato peeler to slice them, then fry them in sunflower oil in my wok. I reckon it'll work.

the.fee.fairy · Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:59 pm

ooh, plase let me know if its successful. Sounds like a fantastic idea. I love those crisps, but they're tioo expensive to have regularly.

D'ya reckon you can bake them as well?

Shirley · Post: # 38019Post **Shirley** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:34 pm

i do them in the oven - sliced thinly with a touch of oil... scrummmmmmmmmmy

Milims · Post: # 38502Post **Milims** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:07 pm

If a potato peeler is too small try one of the cheese slicer things that you can buy in Ikea - its very similar but with a wider cut. I'd love to know how you get on
Regards
Helen and Chris

Chocobed · Post: # 41763Post **Chocobed** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:13 pm

not tried the crisps yet but have had chips, cut and deepish fried in sunflower oil.Parsnips and butternut.Treat as spuds.fantastic! Will try beetroot next time we have some.