Beets are a very common ingredient during Christmas time in many countries around the world. In Poland we eat a lot of beets in form of soups, salads, juices, and even main dishes.
In this dish we are using leftover beets from barszcz/borscht/beet soup or whatever else you might call it.
Food waste has always been on my mind as I grew up during communism time and back then food was very valuable, many ingredients were scarce which contributed to our economical living. We used almost as much as possible of each ingredient throwing out very little. This type of economical cooking is quite evident in our Traditional Christmas dishes. We use leftovers from one dish in another - vegetable salad is a great example of it.
Important note: when cooking beets do not cover them as they will become brown. Even though I knew that I put them in the oven to reheat - the result were delicious beets but they did not look too appetizing so no photo this time.
Ingredients:
0.5 large onion, sliced very thinly
2 pressed garlic cloves
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 glass red wine
around 300 g of beets left over from Barszcz/Borsch
2 tbsp butter
1. Sauté onion and garlic with butter for about 3-4 minutes.
2. Add vinegar, sugar. Cook for another 2 minutes, then add wine. Cook on a low heat, gas mark 2.2 for 20-30 minutes.
3. Add beets, glaze them in the onion and wine reduction. Cook on gas mark 2.2 for 15 minutes.
4. Serve warm.
5. Enjoy!
6. If you made this recipe share it and tag it @healthywithjoanna
Hi,
ReplyDeleteTried this once, delicious. Just like in Kraków :)
I've used raw beets, quite a bit of cooking, more than worth it.
Now I don't remember how much beets I've used... can you provide some indication as to the beet quantity?
Usually I use between 250-350 grams of beets.
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