Easy Roasted Beets Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 8 red beets (any color beet will work), greens removed
• 1 cup Kosher salt
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
• 2 Line a baking sheet with 3/4 of the cup of salt in one even layer.
• 3 Place the beets in a colander and wash them under running water. Then, place
  them in a single layer on the salt bed. Sprinkle the remaining salt on top of
  the wet beets.
• 4 Place the baking sheet in the oven and roast for 35-55 minutes (the roasting
  time will depend on your oven and the size of your beets). Cook until the beets
  are tender, and when you insert a knife into the beets, you have little to no
  resistance. Also, fresh beets tend to cook quicker than store-bought grocery
  store beets. You can take the tray out and test small beets for around 35
  minutes. If there is still resistance, place the sheet tray back in the oven and
  continue roasting for another ten minutes.
• 5 Once the beets are fully cooked, remove them from the oven and allow them to
  cool slightly for 10-15 minutes at room temperature.
• 6 While the beets are still warm, use a paring knife and carefully peel off their
  skins. Make sure that the peeled beets do not land back into the salt bed! You
  want to peel the beets and place them on a clean cutting board. Discard the salt
  bed. The beets hold a large amount of pigment and will slightly stain your
  cutting board and hands. You can also wear gloves for this process.
• 7 Depending on their size, cut the beets into quarters or eighths. Then, place the
  chopped beets in an airtight container. Repeat this process with all the beets.
• 8 Add the red wine vinegar to the chopped beets and Toss to coat the beets with
  the vinegar, or mix with a spoon or shake the container with the lid on over the
  sink.
• 9 You can keep these beets in your refrigerator for up to a week! The beauty of
  this recipe is that the flavor develops the more the beets sit in the vinegar as
  you create pickled beets.

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