Kitchen appliances and utensils: pan with a lid of 4 liters or more.
Ingredients
| Title | amount |
| Red beets of medium size | 1 PC. |
| Drinking water | 3-3.5 liters |
| Table vinegar 9% | 1 tsp |
Step cooking
- Wash 1 medium-sized red beet. Put it in a pot with 3-3.5 liters of cold water. Water should cover the vegetable about 5 cm higher. Cover the pan with a lid. Trimming the tail of the beetroot or cleaning it before cooking is not necessary, with such actions the root crop loses its color and juiciness. Peeled beets are cooked only to get a beautiful red broth for beetroot soups.
- Boil the vegetable over high heat for 30-35 minutes, detecting the time from the moment of boiling water.
- To prevent the vegetable from losing its natural color during cooking, add 1 teaspoon of tablespoon 9% vinegar to the water. Instead of vinegar, you can add 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar or a pinch of citric acid, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.
- After half an hour, remove the beet pot from the heat. Vegetable should be almost cooked. The readiness of the root crop is checked with a fork, it should easily enter the pulp. Drain boiling water, add very cold water to the pan. Hold the root crop in cold water for 15-20 minutes. The temperature difference gives the vegetable the opportunity to reach readiness. Such beets are very easy to peel. The exact cooking time of a vegetable depends on its variety. If, after 30 minutes, the beets are solid, increase the boiling time to 40-45 minutes, and the exposure time under cold water to half an hour.
Peeled beets are used as an ingredient for salads, appetizers, and the preparation of first courses: borscht, beetroot soups.
Did you know? Varieties of burgundy beets with thin skin are cooked faster. Choose medium flattened root crops. In addition to faster cooking, the advantages of such varieties include beautiful saturated color and excellent taste.
Video recipe
See how the mistress copes with boiling beets in the video below. A detailed story about the intricacies and tricks of cooking this root vegetable will help you boil the vegetable faster.
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