Pages

▼

Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Interesting Beets

I've got quite a few beds of beets in this year and I love trying new and interesting varieties. 
So far I've got three beds I can harvest from at the moment and these are the beets from each one that me and the children pulled up for tea last night.
From left to right Golden, Di Choggia and Albino! 
Only the middle one has got a decent name! Shame really, who'd call a plant Albino! 
The Di Choggia is really beautiful when it's cut up but they all taste amazing. I think I need to do a blind taste test really to see which is best. 
This lot got made into soup and due to the selection it didn't have the deep red colour that you'd normally get from beetroot soup but still tasted amazing served with fresh baked granary rolls. 

What's your favourite variety of beetroot?
at

8 comments:

  1. Melody A.27 June 2017 at 06:28

    they look amazing! I have never seen any beets like yours. Take care from Iowa

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Kev Alviti27 June 2017 at 08:03

      They're a great veg with lots of different ones to try. Next one in is a really dark red one I'm looking forward to!

      Delete
  2. Spade and Dagger27 June 2017 at 08:01

    The fresh leaves of beetroot are delicious cooked like spinach - the different beets have leaves that vary from pale green (golden beets) to dark green with red veins (red beets). Two veg from one plant! If the beets get too big or tough, they can be left in the ground just to produce leaves for eating.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Kev Alviti27 June 2017 at 08:06

      A good handful or two went into the soup last night for extra nutrients! Waste not want not! I'm just starting off some more chard to have some autumn leaves for cooking.

      Delete
    2. Kev Alviti27 June 2017 at 09:24

      A good handful or two went into the soup last night for extra nutrients! Waste not want not! I'm just starting off some more chard to have some autumn leaves for cooking.

      Delete
    3. Spade and Dagger28 June 2017 at 10:15

      I've just sown more white chard too :) It's so tough it survives the winter for early spring use too (unfortunately the coloured stem varieties never seem to last so well).

      Delete
  3. Louise Houghton27 June 2017 at 08:48

    Oooh I have sown Di Choggia. Hope mine turn out as well as yours! I love the look of them.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Rain 27 June 2017 at 16:25

    Look at all of those colours! How nice! I am growing regular red beets this year, they're not quite ready to harvest yet though!

    ReplyDelete