Orange Beets

Submitted by Derf2440

"Beets and orange seem to be a natural together. Very good side dish from Cooking Light."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 large beets (about 1 1/2 lbs)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 3⁄4 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons chopped almonds, , toasted

directions

1. Leaving root and 1 inch of stem on beets, trim tops and scrub with a brush.
2. Place in a large saucepan, cover with water.
3. Bring to boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 hour or until tender.
4. Drain and rinse with cold water.
5. Drain, cool.
6. Trim off beet roots, rub off skins.
7. Cut beets into cubes to measure 3 1/2 cups.
8. Melt butter in a large nonstick frypan over medium heat.
9. Add beets, rind, and next 4 ingredients, (rind through pepper.) Bring to boil, cook until liquid is the consistency of a thin syrup (about 12 minutes), stirring occasionally.
10. Sprinkle with almonds.

Reviews

[MizzNezz]

Lovely side dish! I used my canned beets, so I had this done really quick. The orange is a VERY good compliment to the beets. I added 1 teaspoon sugar to get a sweet tart taste. I used toasted sliced almonds. Thanks for posting this!

 

[Bergy]

We love beets and this is a good recipe. I peeled the beets before cooking them, they were very large beets and would have taken forever to cook.. I left out the almonds it would have been a nice final touch (Iforgot to buy them) Thanks Dorothy for another winner

 

[Suzy mom to 2]

Oooh, this is so delicious! I've made it over and over again, sometimes topped with chopped pecans, or walnuts, but I love to use pistachios the most of all, the deep red really sets off the bright green of the chopped nuts... Yum!!!

 

[Christina d.]

Wow, super yum!! Great way to use up the 2 oranges I had. Also added the last of the grated fresh ginger and two cloves of garlic (also grated) and just came out yummy with a little zing from the garlic and ginger along with fresh pepper! My new fave way to eat my beets! LOL! Thanks!! ;-D

 

[info4126]

This is a delicious dish! Clementines have been on sale here, so I had a huge box of them to use. Instead of the orange called for in the recipe, I used three clementines. Two were cut up in chunks over the pot (using all the juice), while I squeezed the juice from the third. Other than that, I made the recipe as written. Thank you, Derf, for another winner!