Culinary recipes from beets

In its useful properties, beets are not inferior to carrots. First of all, it contains betacin, which inhibits the growth of cancer cells. In addition, the beet contains a lot of iron, and therefore increases hemoglobin. Raw beet juice reduces blood pressure, removes dry, sharp cough and is an excellent laxative with permanent constipation.

The beet contains a large amount of iodine, which is necessary for normal functioning of the thyroid gland. There are a lot of other useful minerals, polysaccharides and organic acids in it, so eat beets for health!

However, for some thyroid disorders, iodine is contraindicated, so keep this in mind.

Beets are used in boiled salads, vinaigrette, borscht.

Fruit beetroot drink

For two-liter bottle: 600g of beet, 400g of apples or a mixture of different fruits, 100g of rye bread, half a glass of cabbage juice, a little peppermint and lemon balm, water to the top.

Bread soak in warm water. Grind or rub the fruit. Mix the bread, fruit, sauerkraut or juice from it, spices in a pot or a bottle and add water. Do not crush.

Cover the pot with a lid with a water seal filled with water. Soak for 2-3 days at room temperature, then for a week at a temperature of about 18 degrees, then transfer the pot into the cold.

The drink can be used immediately after fermentation is completed, but it is better to keep it for another 2-3 weeks. Before use, strain the drink through a sieve. If desired, it can be diluted.

For storage for 2-3 months the drink is bottled( they need to be filled to the very top!).Store in the cold.

Morse for hypertonics

200 g of beet, 100 g of granulated sugar, 1 l of water, juice of one lemon.

Beets should be cleaned, grated or grinded in a food processor. Squeeze the juice, pour the rest of the mass with a minimum amount of hot water, bring to a boil and boil for 10 minutes. At the end of the cooking, add sugar, lemon juice and pressed beet juice. Bring to a boil again, quickly cool and through a filter pour into a pitcher with a small amount of ice.

To the desired strength, dilute with cold water.

Beet with buckwheat

1 cup of buckwheat, 2 beets, 1 onion, 4 -5 cloves of garlic, 5 tbsp.spoons of butter, 3 cups of water.

Wet the beetroot on a large grater, chop the onion finely.

Put beets and onions on the bottom of the pot, pour rinsed rump on top, pour salty boiling water and boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, cover with a newspaper and a pillow, leave to stand for 15 minutes.

Put the butter, mix everything. Cover with a lid. Grind the garlic and add to the porridge.

Beet salad with vegetables

2 kg of beet, 0.5 kg of eggplant, 300 g of carrot, onion, tomatoes, bell pepper, 100 g of garlic, 1.5 tbsp.spoons of salt, 0.5 cups of sugar, 250 ml of vegetable oil, 3 tablespoons.spoons of 9% vinegar. Sauté the chopped onion and eggplant. Pepper chopped and poured over with boiling water, raw beetroot and carrots rubbed on a large grater, tomatoes cut into quarters. Mix all together, add salt, sugar, vegetable oil and simmer over medium heat for 30 minutes. Pass garlic through garlic, add to salad and put out another 5 minutes. Remove from heat, pour vinegar, mix well.

Expand on sterile jars, roll up, cool under a blanket. Serve cold.

Baked beetroot from

1 kg of beetroot, 800 g of cottage cheese, 1.5 cups of flour, milk, sour cream, 1 tbsp.a spoonful of sugar, 2 eggs, 50 g of butter, salt to taste.

Boil the beet, clean, pass through the meat grinder along with the cottage cheese. Add the mixture of milk, flour, eggs, sugar, salt, stir. Lubricate the oil with a mold or frying pan, pour the mixture into it and bake in the oven. Serve on the table with sour cream. You can bake pancakes with butter.

Beet fines

Boil the roots, flake out of the rind, grate on a coarse grater, fold in sterile jars of small size to the shoulders and pour boiling marinade: 1 liter of water for 1 tbsp.a spoonful of salt, sugar and 9% vinegar. Keep refrigerated. If the dose of sugar and vinegar is increased to 3 tbsp.spoons, then you can store at room temperature. But this beet will become more acute. Get a nice salad or dressing for borscht.