Roasted Beets With Warm Fennel Vinaigrette Food

ROASTED BEETS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Remove the tops and the roots of the beets and peel each one with a vegetable peeler. Cut the beets in 1 1/2-inch chunks. (Small beets can be halved, medium ones cut in quarters, and large beets cut in eighths.)
• Place the cut beets on a baking sheet and toss with the olive oil, thyme leaves, salt, and pepper. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, turning once or twice with a spatula, until the beets are tender. Remove from the oven and immediately toss with the vinegar and orange juice. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve warm.

ROASTED BEETS AND FENNEL W/BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• 1. Scrub beets and boil in water until nearly cooked through. Drain and cool in cold water until you can peel the beets. Cut in half and then wedges.
• 2. Trim the stalks and the very edge of the bottom from the bulb of fennel. Save a few of the fronds to use as garnish. Cut the bulb into about 8 wedges.
• 3. Preheat oven to 425°. Cover a sheet pan with foil or parchment. Spritz the pan with a little pan spray. Place the beets and fennel on the pan.
• 4. Mince the clove of garlic. Whisk in a small bowl the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, Dijon mustard, honey, salt and pepper until emulsified (gets thickened). Drizzle over the beets and fennel.
• 5. Place in a 425° oven for 10-15 minutes, enough to finish cooking, yet crisp and caramelized.
• 6. Put the roasted veggies into a serving bowl. sprinkle the crumbled cheese over the top and add the saved and chopped fennel fronds.
• 7. NOTE: This may serve more than 3 persons, depending on how big the beets and fennel are and how big your portions happen to be.

BEETS WITH ORANGE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Cook 3 each red beets and yellow beets in boiling salted water until tender, 30 minutes. Let cool; peel and cut into wedges. Whisk 2 tablespoons each orange juice and olive oil, 1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar and 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt in a large bowl. Add the beets, 4 segmented blood oranges and 1/3 cup chopped parsley; toss.

ROASTED MARINATED BEETS WITH VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place washed beets in a deep roasting pan. Fill pan halfway up the beets with water. Add vinegar, butter, honey, salt and pepper. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and roast for 2-3 hours, or until a knife goes easily into a beet's center. Remove from oven and remove beets from cooking liquid. Wearing gloves, peel off the exterior skin of the beets and dice.
• For the vinaigrette, place vinegar and honey in a bowl and whisk together. Add shallots and, while slowly whisking, add the grape-seed oil in a thin stream. Season with salt and pepper and toss with the warm, peeled and diced beets.
• *The beets will be even better the second day.

TASTY ROASTED BEETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Toss the beets, olive oil, and thyme in a bowl until beets are coated, and arrange pieces of beet on baking sheet so that they don't touch. Sprinkle the beets with sea salt.
• Roast in the preheated oven until the beets are tender, 10 to 20 minutes. A fork inserted into a beet cube should come out easily.