Roasted Beets with Bacon, Garlic, and Chestnuts
Beets are ridiculously tasty with bacon. There’s lots of garlic in this dish, but it candies and mellows in the bacon fat.
Plum and Beet Soup with Spiced Yogurt Swirl
Think of this as “new and improved” borscht, with fruit and mint added for freshness and subtle spices for intrigue. If you like, roast extra beets to eat later in the week; they keep several days in the refrigerator.
Chicken Salad with Roasted Beets and Dandelion Greens
Dandelion greens give a bright, appealingly bitter edge to the rich chicken and the sweet beets.
Recipe: Chicken Salad with Roasted Beets and Dandelion Greens
Pomegranate and Beet Salad
Thinly sliced prosciutto, browned and crisped in a little olive oil, adds contrast to juicy pomegranate seeds and sweet beets.
Recipe: Pomegranate and Beet Salad
Beet Salad
Any beets would be delicious here, but we prefer the deep color of red ones. Roasting the beets before grating intensifies their flavor and is an easy, relatively mess-free way to cook them.
Recipe: Beet Salad
Roasted Beet Salad with Oranges and Queso Fresco (Enselada de Betabel)
This beet salad is full of bright colors and flavors, with sweet beets playing off tangy lime and orange.
Recipe: Roasted Beet Salad with Oranges and Queso Fresco (Ensalada de Betabel)
Salt-crusted Beets with Avocado, Lavender, and Thyme
Chef Jeremy Fox roasts beets in an aromatic salt crust that infuses the kitchen and the beets with the fragrance of flowers and herbs. We've highlighted them in this simple salad.
Recipe: Salt-crusted Beets with Avocado, Lavender, and Thyme
Horseradish Beet Sauce
This vibrant, shocking pink sauce, called maror, is served with matzo along with haroseth as part of the Passover seder ceremony. It’s also great with short ribs any time of year.
Recipe: Horseradish Beet Sauce
Market Salad with Corn, Beets, Fennel, and Cucumber
Roasted beets and a crisp medley of raw vegetables make a beautiful composed salad. Add rotisserie chicken or smoked trout and you can call it dinner.
Golden Beet and Beet Greens Soup
We’ve used the beet to its fullest: sweet golden slices of the root, paired with dark, earthy leaves.
Recipe: Golden Beet and Beet Greens Soup
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Orange Buttercream
These electric magenta cupcakes get their color not from the usual food coloring but from puréed roasted beets, which also add a subtle flavor. Don’t use canned or packaged steamed beets—the cupcakes’ color will be drab.
