This is a really tasty relish that you can make when beetroot are plentiful in the shops or, as I did, cook and grate beetroot in smaller batches when you have extra in the garden and freeze them to make relish later on. The recipe uses 500g of whole beetroot; I had about 750g of peeled and grated beetroot so I made double the recipe. The double recipe only made 5 small jars of relish. 500g beetroot* *You can use fresh peeled and grated beetroot or if you prefer roast the beetroot first … [Read more...]
Growing and Enjoying Beetroot
Many New Zealanders say that a burger is just not a burger without a slice of beetroot in it, and that a summer salad is not complete without beetroot. Generally they are talking about canned beetroot and I could never see what the fuss was about. But now having grown my own beetroot and tried it in many different ways, I am much more of a convert. Beetroot (or beets as they are called in the US) grow easily from seed if you take care to control the slugs. Sometimes I grow them from seed, … [Read more...]