Pickled

[contadina]

Borsch...hmmmm! Beetroot chips, roasted whole beetroots and beetroot baked in bechemal sauce are all good and don't forget to eat the leaves - an earthier spinach alternative.

[MKG]

Just as a matter of interest, that lovely deep red wine that you make with beetroot ...

If you like it red, drink it within a year. After that, the colouring matter begins to precipitate and you end up with a golden wine. It's still perfectly drinkable, but you'll never convince anyone that it's beetroot.

[StripyPixieSocks]

I love Pickled Beetroot... the other half calls it pickled dirt as he says Beetroot tastes like dirt... oh well... all the more for me then

[Shirley]

Not all beetroot is red - it comes in white, golden, and even stripy! Perhaps the stripy one is perfect for pixie socks

[grumpy-gran]

We harvested red,white,and stripy
the white has no earthy taste and is sweeter

[StripyPixieSocks]

I'm thinking of growing beetroot next year in the tyre planters... I don't need acres of the stuff but stripy beetroot would be absolutely awesome!

I want to grow purple carrots and potatoes too... always one of the strange stuff :D

[Flo]

I'm going to try purple carrots too and this idea of stripy beetroot could be fun. But one thing at a time as I share stuff with family and they might not take to a great number of strange things all at the same time.

[SarahJane]

Thank you all and keep the ideas coming.

Hmm - unfortunately I'm vegetarian and also allergic to alcohol so wine is not the best idea.

I had discovered a number of good recipes that were not vegetarian I do have a recipe for beetroot chutney that I might just try when I've been down shop and got the extra spices I need.

Beetroot and apple chutney is lovely. but you cant "beet" it just pickled!

[pumpy]

Hello pbf, all i can tell you is,;( & i quote from a 1974 book by Gladys Mann)...wash,do not peel,the root. Slice & add to water,cook gently till tender. Strain onto the sugar,lemon juice,cloves& ginger. Add yeast,nutrient & additives. Then,as per fermenting rules. (aerobic fermentation; 3 days.,anaerobic; 3-4 months). Store for 3 months. Cheers!

[prison break fan]

Cheers Pumpy!! pbf