How To Prepare Garden Beets For Freezing
Fill a large bowl with ice and water.
How to prepare garden beets for freezing. Your beets are done when you can easily pierce them with a fork. Cook them until they are tender. Trim the long root ends leaving about 1 to 2 inches.
Cook large beets for 45 to 50 minutes. To prepare for freezing. Allow them to sit there for a few minutes so they have a chance to cool down.
For sautéed beets slice or dice beets and sauté in a. Put similar sized beets hopefully they re all of a similar size so they take the same time to cook together with enough boiling water to cover them and cook until tender usually for small beets 25 to 30 minutes. Cook small beets for 25 to 30 minutes.
Wash the beets thoroughly and trim the roots and greens off leaving about an inch of the tops. The lemon juice is optional but will prevent bleeding. Wash the dirt and debris off the beets.
In order to steam beets cut them into 1 2 inch pieces and place them in a steamer basket with 2 inches of boiling water and cover. Drizzle with some olive oil or balsamic vinegar and roast for 15 30 minutes at 350f so that they are barely done they can just be pierced with a fork. Chop the greens off the beets leaving approximately 1 inch of stems.
Place the beets in a shallow 13x9 inch baking dish and pour in about 1 4 cup of water. Drain and discard the liquid. Cut the greens from the beets leaving about 1 to 2 inches of stem.