Seasonal Vegetable

Beetroot

With its beautifully vivid dark reddish-purple colour, beetroot has to be one of the most distinctive looking vegetables. Related to the sugar beet and also known simply as beet, it is naturally high in sugar and has an earthy, sweet flavour with a hint of smokiness and a velvety smooth texture when cooked. When buying, look for firm, unblemished small to medium-sized beetroot with crisp, fresh looking tops. Beetroot tops can also be eaten the crinkly green leaves have an attractive red stalk, cook and serve as for spring greens. More...

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