Orange Beets

"Beets and orange seem to be a natural together. Very good side dish from Cooking Light."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 25mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
6
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ingredients

  • 2 large beets (about 1 1/2 lbs)
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
  • 34 cup fresh orange juice
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 18 teaspoon salt
  • 18 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 12 tablespoons chopped almonds, , toasted
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directions

  • Leaving root and 1 inch of stem on beets, trim tops and scrub with a brush.
  • Place in a large saucepan, cover with water.
  • Bring to boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 hour or until tender.
  • Drain and rinse with cold water.
  • Drain, cool.
  • Trim off beet roots, rub off skins.
  • Cut beets into cubes to measure 3 1/2 cups.
  • Melt butter in a large nonstick frypan over medium heat.
  • Add beets, rind, and next 4 ingredients, (rind through pepper.) Bring to boil, cook until liquid is the consistency of a thin syrup (about 12 minutes), stirring occasionally.
  • Sprinkle with almonds.

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Reviews

  1. Lovely side dish! I used my canned beets, so I had this done really quick. The orange is a VERY good compliment to the beets. I added 1 teaspoon sugar to get a sweet tart taste. I used toasted sliced almonds. Thanks for posting this!
     
  2. We love beets and this is a good recipe. I peeled the beets before cooking them, they were very large beets and would have taken forever to cook.. I left out the almonds it would have been a nice final touch (Iforgot to buy them) Thanks Dorothy for another winner
     
  3. Oooh, this is so delicious! I've made it over and over again, sometimes topped with chopped pecans, or walnuts, but I love to use pistachios the most of all, the deep red really sets off the bright green of the chopped nuts... Yum!!!
     
  4. Wow, super yum!! Great way to use up the 2 oranges I had. Also added the last of the grated fresh ginger and two cloves of garlic (also grated) and just came out yummy with a little zing from the garlic and ginger along with fresh pepper! My new fave way to eat my beets! LOL! Thanks!! ;-D
     
  5. This is a delicious dish! Clementines have been on sale here, so I had a huge box of them to use. Instead of the orange called for in the recipe, I used three clementines. Two were cut up in chunks over the pot (using all the juice), while I squeezed the juice from the third. Other than that, I made the recipe as written. Thank you, Derf, for another winner!
     
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  1. This is a delicious dish! Clementines have been on sale here, so I had a huge box of them to use. Instead of the orange called for in the recipe, I used three clementines. Two were cut up in chunks over the pot (using all the juice), while I squeezed the juice from the third. Other than that, I made the recipe as written. Thank you, Derf, for another winner!
     
  2. My husband liked these ALOT, but I didn't care for them too much. I am a beet lover and really looked forward to a nice variation for beets. I followed the recipe to a T, but doubled it since I had more beets than the recipe called for. I also added some lemon zest from the fresh lemon I squeezed for the lemon juice requirement. While cooking the beets and sauce, mine didn't turn into syrup, although it thickened a bit after cooling. I didn't have almonds on hand, so I toasted some sesame seeds and used them instead. Since hubby liked it, that's ok with me, but if he didn't, I probably wouldn't make them again. On a postive side, it smelled wonderful as it was cooking. The orange and lemon zest gave off an appetizing aroma!
     

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