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Roasted Sweet Beet Relish

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Roasted Sweet Beet Relish

Roasted Sweet Beet Relish

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Equipment

  • - Kitchen Mandoline Slicer: Essential for uniformly slicing vegetables like sweet beets quickly and efficiently.

  • - High-Speed Blender: Useful for pureeing the roasted beet mixture into a smooth relish consistency.

  • - Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl: Vital for mixing ingredients, especially when combining various components of the relish.

  • - Silicone Spatula: Ideal for stirring and scraping every bit of the beet relish mixture to ensure nothing is wasted.

  • - Food Processor (optional): Can help in blending or chopping ingredients if a mandoline slicer isn't available.

  • - Immersion Blender: An alternative for pureeing, especially useful for small batches.

  • - Cutting Board with Non-Slip Bottoms: Provides stability while cutting and handling beets, which can stain easily.

  • - Sturdy Measuring Cup (1 cup or 2 cups): Useful for accurately measuring ingredients like vinegar, olive oil, etc.

  • - Dutch Oven (cast iron or heavy-bottomed pot): Suitable for roasting beets evenly and could potentially double as a saucepan if the recipe requires.

  • - Silicone Pipette Bottle Set: To neatly serve small portions of relish without spills, though this is more auxiliary in nature.

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 pounds tomatoes

  • 2 teaspoons sea salt

  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced

  • 1/4 cup olive oil

  • 2 1/4 pounds young, small beets, trimmed

  • Olive oil, for drizzling

  • 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

  • 2/3 cup red wine vinegar

  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

  • 1 large red onion, peeled and finely chopped

  • 2 ounces freshly grated horseradish root (or pickled horseradish, see below)

Instructions

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Instruction 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F. For the tomato purée, halve the tomatoes and place them, skin side down, on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with the salt, garlic, and olive oil. Roast for 1 hour on the bottom shelf of the oven, then remove. Press through a sieve or pass through a food mill to remove the skins and seeds – you’ll end up with about 1 1/4 cups of intensely flavored purée.
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Instruction 2

Meanwhile, put the beets into a baking dish and drizzle with a little olive oil. Roast, above the tomatoes, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours (longer if necessary), until the skins are blistered, blackened, and loosened. Let cool a little before peeling. You’ll find the skins will slide off easily. Coarsely grate the beets (a food processor makes this job easy).
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Instruction 3

Put the sugar, vinegars, onion, and horseradish into a large saucepan; bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the tomato purée and cook for a couple minutes more. Finally, add the grated beets and cook for about 10 minutes, until thickened. Transfer to sterilized jars and seal with vinegar-proof lids (see pp. 21–22). Use within 1 year. Refrigerate once opened.
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Instruction 4

It’s easy to pickle horseradish root. Just grate enough fresh root to fill a jam jar, sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of sugar, top up with cider vinegar, and seal with a lid. Use in sauces, dressings, and soups, and serve with roast beef.
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