Beets eaten by the ancient Romans.In the middle of the XIX century it already enjoyed enough popularity, particularly in the famous book of recipes Mrs Beeton listed 13 ways of cooking from this root, among which there is a jam, and even beet beetroot fritters.Beetroot is very rich in potassium, iron, calcium, copper and phosphorus.Beet leaves, taste and smell reminiscent of spinach, contain large amounts of vitamin A available in vitamin B9 beet needed for the prevention of heart disease.In addition, this vitamin is involved in the synthesis of hemoglobin, is important for preventing anemia, and leukemia.Beetroot has rejuvenating properties, which are manifested by the presence in it of folic acid contributes to the appearance of new cells.Another important element that makes anti-aging properties of beets - quartz, which is necessary for blood vessels, bones and skin.Beetroot helps cleanse the liver, kidneys and blood, reduces the acidity in the stomach.
How best to cook the beets?The answer is unequivocal - bake it.This article and tell you how to bake beets in the oven or microwave.Arguments in favor of this method of preparation of the following:
- beets in the oven much healthier and tastier cooked, because there are all valuable ingredients are lost during cooking.
- Roast beets for a long time keeps its rich, beautiful color of beetroot.
- You can not be afraid that the water boils away, because of what can burn on beets.
- After cooking in the oven or a microwave oven is not necessary to clean up the kitchen and wash the dishes.
How to bake the beets in the oven?There are several options, below are one of them, which is characterized by simplicity.
Take one large or several small beets.Before you bake the beets in the oven, my root carefully, you can use a brush.Clean from the skin is not necessary, obsushivayut and dry - too, though in some recipes advise dried beets.Place the beets in a special sleeve for baking or perforated plastic bag, tying the ends of the sleeves on both sides.On a baking sheet lined with deep plate or foil into two layers.The foil was laid sleeves with beets, who again top foil wrapped up in two layers.All of this fits into an already preheated 200 degree oven for a couple of hours - the cooking time depends on the type and size of the beets.
Ready verified by piercing with a sharp wooden stick or fork.After cooking, give beets to cool without removing it from the foil.
So you learned how to bake beets in the oven easiest and common way.Then you are familiar with how to cook this root vegetable in a microwave oven.
How to bake the beets in the microwave cooking beets
this method is very simple.To this it will take much less time than cooking it on a conventional gas stove or in the oven.
What to do this:
- microwave (with sufficient capacity, at least 700, preferably 800 watts);
- washed beets;
- special Glassware for microwave ovens (in the absence of suitable deep dish or plastic bag with perforation).
Preparing beets is very simple and fast, as mentioned above.First, carefully my roots.Then with a sharp object (with an awl or a fork) to make holes therein.Next, place the beets on a plate or in a bag, with the added water will not have to!Put in the microwave for 10 minutes, if the power of 800 watts.If the microwave is weaker, the cooking time increases when more powerful - is reduced.At the end of this time, the beets can be considered ready for direct consumption or use as an ingredient in other dishes.
