Balsamic Roasted Beets
Recipe: #21480
October 25, 2015
"I had fresh beets from my local market and made this wonderful recipe, I love beets, and a bonus is they also have lots of vitamins, roasting them bring out the sweetness and flavor even more"
Original is 5 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (389 g)
- Calories 174
- Total Fat - 0.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 262.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 38.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.8 g
- Sugars - 31.3 g
- Protein - 5.7 g
- Calcium - 57.2 mg
- Iron - 2.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 12.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step 2
Drizzle olive oil over the beets and wrap them in aluminum foil.
Step 3
Roast beets for 1 hour or until tender. Remove from the oven, and cool about 10 minutes.
Step 4
Meanwhile, prepare balsamic glaze. In a sauté pan, mix balsamic vinegar and sugar. Heat over high heat until the vinegar has reduced to a syrup consistency. Add orange zest.
Step 5
Peel beets and cut in half or into quarters. Add beets to the balsamic syrup, season with salt and pepper, toss to coat and serve.
Tips
No special items needed.