It will be useful for every housewife to know how to bake beets in the oven. After all, such a dish as a result can become not only an addition to salads, but also an independent side dish - very useful and dietary. It is during baking in the oven that vegetables retain the maximum amount of vitamins and other useful substances.

To make the beets perfectly baked, it is best to choose medium-sized fruits. Too large vegetables will cook for too long. And there is always the possibility that inside they will still remain raw. It is also important to select root crops with an intact skin.

How to bake beets in the oven in foil?

The easiest way to bake beets for the refrigerator, various salads and other cold snacks is in foil. It is this method of cooking the vegetable in question in the oven that is the most common. If the beets are medium or small in size, it is quite possible to bake the whole.

  1. First, root crops are thoroughly washed from sand and other contaminants. The tops and spines should not be cut off too short with a sharp knife.
  2. Each beetroot is placed on a foil sheet approximately 1.5 times larger than the vegetable itself. It is necessary to seal it as tightly as possible.
  3. If the vegetables are very small in each sheet of foil, you can arrange several pieces at once.
  4. The oven warms up to 200 degrees in advance, after which the prepared beets are placed in it and left in the cabinet at the same temperature for about 1.5 hours. Finished vegetables will become soft, which is easy to check with a toothpick.

It is best to leave the beets to cool right in the foil. After that, it can be expanded, cleaned and ground. It is the roots prepared in this way that are stored the longest.On the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, beets baked in the oven in foil can spend at least 3 days. The main thing is not to expand the cover. And the remains of unused beets are allowed to freeze at all.

If the hostess needs to cook vegetables as soon as possible, then she can take advantage of various tricks to speed up the baking process. For example, pour a small amount of water on a baking sheet.

Bake beets in the sleeve

 

If there is no foil at hand, then you can cook beets in the oven using a special baking sleeve. Each of them will fit no more than 5 medium root crops.

  1. Beets are thoroughly cleaned of impurities, washed with water and dried with a towel.
  2. Vegetables are sent to the baking sleeve, which must be tied on both sides, after releasing all the air.
  3. The billet goes on a baking sheet in a well-heated oven for about an hour. After 40 minutes, you can check the readiness of root crops with toothpicks or thin wooden skewers.

By the way, the following secret will help to significantly speed up the process of baking beets in the oven: vegetables will first need to be placed in a baking sleeve, and then wrapped with foil on top. True, in this case, the hostess will have to spend more time preparing the products.

Oven baked beets

 

If the cook did not have any additional accessories at hand, then you can bake beets in an open way. To do this, it will be enough to use a baking sheet or even the oven rack. The baking speed for any option will be the same.

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  1. After thorough washing with water, the beets are dried with a paper towel and laid out on a baking sheet.
  2. From above, root crops are slightly sprayed with sunflower or olive oil.
  3. Heat-resistant dishes with water are installed at the bottom of the oven. This will prevent the vegetables from drying out during the cooking process.

After about an hour, the oven turns off, and the beets remain in it until completely cooled. This will allow root crops to "reach" to the desired state and not be raw inside.

How much to bake beets in the oven?

It is impossible to say unequivocally how much to bake beets in the oven until fully cooked. It will depend on so many factors. For example, from the type of oven, from the size of root crops, from the set temperature and others.

Wanting to speed up the process of cooking vegetables, do not set the temperature above 200 degrees. Otherwise, the beets will be overdried, which will negatively affect not only its appearance, but also its taste.

On average, beet cooking time is 1-1.5 hours. To correctly determine the moment the vegetables are ready, it is worth periodically piercing them with a toothpick. Once the root vegetables become completely soft, you can turn off the oven.

Baked Beets Recipes

In modern cookbooks, there are a lot of salads with baked beets. Among them are both the simplest and the most intricate.

Garlic salad

 

This salad is prepared as quickly as possible and from the simplest products. For him, you need to take 6-7 pcs. vegetables, a large handful of peeled walnuts, garlic or garlic sauce. The latter can be replaced with sour cream and unsweetened yogurt.

Cooking:

  1. Baked beets are rubbed on a medium grater;
  2. Walnuts, ground in a blender, are added to the vegetables;
  3. It remains to season the dish with garlic sauce or sour cream (mayonnaise, yogurt) with the addition of garlic passed through a press.

Salad goes well with any meat dishes. It can be served both for everyday dining and for the festive table.

Cream Cheese Soup

 

From baked beets it will be possible to cook a hearty soup puree. It is best to cook croutons of white bread in advance. In addition to 4 pcs. beets will need to take 0.5 liters of chicken stock, 1-2 potatoes and 200 gr. processed cheese without additives.

Cooking:

  1. Potatoes, cut into small pieces, are boiled until cooked and added to the broth;
  2. Shredded beets are sent there;
  3. It remains to add cheese to vegetables, thoroughly mashed the mass, add salt and any seasonings to it, and then send it to medium heat for 5-10 minutes.

Served with croutons and chopped herbs.

Beetroot slices with tartar sauce

Baked beets are also an excellent independent side dish. To do this, ready-made vegetables are cut into small slices and stacked in portions. It remains to prepare for them a sauce of sour cream, mayonnaise, granulated garlic and pickled cucumbers. The latter are finely chopped or grated. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed, and the sauce can be spread on top of beetroot slices. Beetroot juice will help make its color more saturated and mouth-watering.

The side dish is ready. Especially well, it complements red fried or baked meat.

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