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Roasted Baby Beets

Baby beets simply roasted to bring out their sweetness need just the barest slip of butter and a sprinkling of fresh rosemary. Cany cane beets, if you can find them at a farmers' market, look especially festive, but so does a medley of red and yellow ones. If baby beets are unavailable, cut peeled roasted large beets into 1-inch cubes.

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Side dish
Serves: 10 people

Recipe Ingredients

30   Baby beets - (1" to 1 1/2" dia ea) - unpeeled, and
  All but 1" of tops trimmed, rinsed - - (abt 5 bunches)
4   Fresh rosemary sprigs - plus (large)
  Additional sprigs for garnish
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlButter
1/4 cup 59mlOlive oil

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place beets in roasting pan. Add 4 rosemary sprigs and enough water to barely cover beets. Cover pan tightly with foil. Roast beets until tender, about 50 minutes. Transfer beets to work surface. Peel while still warm; place on rimmed baking sheet. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter with oil in small saucepan. Pour over beets on sheet; toss to coat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake until heated through, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Transfer to bowl. Garnish with additional rosemary sprigs and serve.

This recipe yields 10 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, December 2004

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