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The following recipe is
an excerpt from the book The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live
Without by Mollie Katzen.
Major color -- especially
if you use an assortment of beets! This is a delicious way to
spark them with a big hit of zingy flavor.
Mollie
Katzen's Roasted Beets with Tart Pink Grapefruit Glaze
- 3 pounds beets
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- 1 cup fresh-squeezed pink
grapefruit juice.
1 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons real maple syrup
1 tablespoon cornstarch
- Preheat oven to 450ºF
(230ºC).
- Trim the greens from the
beets, leaving an about 1 inch of the stems. Divide the beets
into 2 groups, wrapping each in a bundle of foil, with about
3 tablespoons of water tossed in. Roast in the center of the
oven for up to 1 hour, or until the beets are tender enough to
be pierced with a fork. Remove the tray from the oven, open the
foil packets, and let the beets cool on the tray until comfortable
to handle. Then remove and discard the stems and rub off the
skins. Cut the beets into thin slices.
- In a medium-small bowl,
whisk together to grapefruit juice, vinegar, and maple syrup.
- Place the cornstarch in
a small saucepan and drizzle in the grapefruit mixture, whisking
until all the cornstarch is dissolved.
- Place the pan over medium
heat, and heat just to the boiling point, whisking frequently.
Turn the heat down and cook, stirring often, for about 3 to 5
minutes, or until thickened and glossy. Remove from the heat.
- Drizzle the hot glaze
over the hot, warm, or room-temperature roasted beets, and serve
right away.
Makes 4 to 5 servings.
Notes:
- Make the glaze when the
beets come out of the oven. It only takes about 10 minutes.
- A high-grade maple syrup
(one with very subtle flavor) works best for this.
Excerpted from THE VEGETABLE
DISHES I CANT LIVE WITHOUT by MOLLIE KATZEN. Copyright
(c) 2007 Tante Malka Inc.. All rights reserved. Published by
Hyperion.
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