How to cook beets and how to speed up the process

Boil beets possible and for 2 hours and for 8-10 minutes. It all depends on what you use: stove, microwave or multivarka.

Beet steaming should be of medium size (not more than 10 cm in diameter) with a thin dark red skin, without damage and rot. One of the best considered a sort of "Bordeaux".

Regardless of the method of preparation, beets need a good wash, cut off tops (if any) and slightly shortened tail.

Beets before cooking is not clean.

If you remove the peel from the beet juice is spilled. Vegetable become pale and tasteless.

How to cook beets on a plate

Method 1. Classical

Time for preparing: 2 hours.

Put the beets in a pan and cover with cold water. The water should completely cover the vegetables. Salt water is not necessary. Sodium make beet harder and slow down the already not a quick cooking process.

Put the pan with beets on medium heat. When the water boils, reduce heat, cover the pan with a lid and leave for a couple of hours.

To beet has kept the bright red color in the water, you can add lemon juice: ½ teaspoon per liter.

You can check the readiness of the fork. If beet easily pierced can be drained and cool.

Method 2. Express cooking

Time for preparing: 45-60 minutes.

To expedite the process, some of the housewives start beets in already boiling water, nor diminish the heat to low. And the water temperature was even higher, add 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

When beets pokipit about 30-35 minutes, it is removed from the fire and sent a jet of cold water for another 15-25 minutes. The temperature difference brings vegetables until tender and at the same time cools.

How to cook beetroot in multivarka

Method 1. During "Steaming"

Time for preparing: About 40 minutes depending on the model Multivarki.

Wash the beets and place on a special grate for steaming. At the bottom of the bowl Multivarki Pour a glass of water. Close the appliance, set the mode of a double boiler, and 40 minutes can go about their business.

Please note that this method worked, beets should not be dry. If podvyal root, it is best to soak for several hours in cold water. When beets again will absorb moisture, it can be boiled. But it is better on the stove or in the following manner.

Method 2. In the "Quenching" or "Cooking"

Time for preparing: 60-80 minutes depending on the model Multivarki.

Everything, as in the classical way, just do not need to adjust the fire. Just put the washed beets in Multivarki bowl, cover with water and turn on the mode of "Quenching" or "Cooking" (sometimes called "Soup") for 60 minutes.

After an hour, check the readiness of beet with a fork. If you still stiff, turn on the same treatment for another 20-30 minutes.

Method 3. In the "Baking"

Time for preparing60 minutes depending on the model Multivarki.

This method is good for young vegetables when they are tender and juicy. Beet should be washed, dried with a paper towel and wrap in greased foil (each root separately).

Then fold it in a bowl and cook Multivarki in the "Bake" for about an hour.

How to cook the beets in the oven

Time for preparing: 20-25 minutes.

Similarly, as in the previous process, each root wrap in foil and bake at 190 ° C.

In the oven to cook beets is convenient when you need it a lot. For example, just for the salad and herring under a fur coat.

By the way, for salads with beets have a small life hacking. If you want to not stained the other ingredients, chop it and drizzle with vegetable oil, and only then connect with other products.

How to cook beets in the microwave

boiled beet in my family is in microwave. This is the easiest and fastest way.

Time for preparing: 8 to 20 minutes.

The time depends on two factors: the size of the beets and the microwave power. In a microwave oven with a capacity of 1000 watts and more beets cooked for 8-10 minutes. If you have a less powerful model, increase the time in half.

Beets need to wash (do not clean!) And put in a glass bowl. Along the edges, try to put the large roots, and in the center - the smallest. At the bottom of the tank is necessary to pour three tablespoons of water, and from above - a special cover glass or cover for microwave ovens.

To reduce the cooking time in a low-power microwave, place the beets in a plastic bag for baking and tie it tightly. In this case, the cover is no longer needed.

Pierce or beet incision is not necessary: ​​it does not explode. Interrupt the process and turn it from side to side is not required. Also, do not pour the vegetables after cooking with cold water. Better let cool at room temperature.

The taste of beets out of the microwave turns out exactly the same as in conventional cooking in a pan.

Ready beets can be stored in the refrigerator no more than two days.