Baked Beets in hay with quincepuré

by | Apr 10, 2021 | Beets, Root Vegetables, Starter

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Eat the baked beets with quince puree or sour cream and good bread as an appetizer.

For 4 people
Working time: 10 min
Total time: 9 min

  • 400 g beets
  • 1 tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp. salt
  • 100 g hay
  1. Wash and clean the beets well, cut off the top and turn them in oil and salt.
  2. Put the beets in a cast iron pot with lots of hay and put the lid on.
  3. Bake the beets in the oven at 165 degrees for approx. 60 minutes until soft and tender.
  4. Keep the peel of the hay-baked beets and serve with quince puree.

Tip

Baking your root vegetables in hay gives them a slightly smoky taste that is a bit reminiscent of barbecue and summer time. You can buy hay from a pet store, but you can also bake them in a pot without hay, so you just do not get the smoky taste.

Quince puree

You get a large portion out of the recipe here, but you can use it for lots of others green dishes that need a sweet-sour zest. The jars can stay refrigerated for about 2 months.

  • 1 kg of quinces, Japanese and ordinary large quinces can be used
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 lemon, zest and juice thereof
  • 400 g sugar
  • 1 dl water
  1. Wash the quinces well, then cut them into coarse pieces
  2. Grate the cinnamon sticks in a large saucepan until the aroma of cinnamon smells
  3. Peel the lemon with a thin peeler into fine thin strips. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon
  4. Place lemon, peels and juice, quinces, sugar and water in the pan, cover and bring to a boil and simmer for 1 hour (add more water if necessary if it boils dry)
  5. Cool the puree a little, then squeeze it through a fine sieve and discard the quince kernels
  6. Then place in clean glass or plastic container with lid and store refrigerated

TIP

If you love chili, you can just add a little chopped chili straight before serving.

Note

Quince is an old aromatic fruit with a scent of sour, lightly fermented apple. The Nordic quinces are very sour and must be boiled in order to be eaten.

The recipe was published in Politiken / Spis & Bo / January 2021

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