Red beet recipe

[slammer]

A few years back I bought a jar of sauce at a farmers market that was made with red beets. It was a sweet sauce and was very good. It had a consistency of salad dressing and I would put on pancakes instead of syrup. Anyone ever had anything like this? I'm looking for a recipe but have not come across any yet.

[rjmiller47]

Beet Syrup

Preparation:

You need to have sugar beets if you can get them

Cut off the top of the beet with its leaves.

Carefully wash and scrub the beet to remove any remaining dirt particles.

Then cut the beet into pieces using any one of the following three methods:

1. Slice the beet into extremely thin slices, or

2. Slice and dice the beet into very small tiny cubes, or

3. Shred the beet using a vegetable shredder.

Cooking:

1. Transfer the cut beets to a large pot and add just barely enough water to completely cover the beets.

2. Cook the beets over medium heat, stirring frequently, until they are soft and tender. This usually takes about one-hour.

3. Use a thin clean towel and strain the water off the beets and save the beet sugar water. You may eat the cooked beets immediately or you may preserve the cooked beets for later consumption by canning or freezing. (Note: Commercial beet processors press or squeeze the beets at this point to extract as much of the sugar as possible from the beets. You may add this step if you wish or you may simply eat the beets.)

4. Simmer the beet sugar water over low to medium heat, stirring frequently, until it becomes a sweet thick dark beet sugar syrup similar to honey or molasses. Then turn off the heat.

Let cool, put into containers.

5. Refridgerate and enjoy.

[OnAFly]

Living in West Central MN, I'm guessing he can pretty much just drive around in the fall and find some sugar beets

[hockeybc69]

Beets are one of a select few things I cant eat..... EWWWWW!!!!

[slammer]

Yes we have sugar beets in every direction here. Thanks for the recipe. I will try it and see how it turns out.

[ThunderLund78]

Beets are one of a select few things I cant eat..... EWWWWW!!!!

With you 100% here