If you want to prepare an original and healthy snack, we recommend that you turn your attention to beet tops. Housewives who use this ingredient to prepare snacks and salads note its versatility - beet leaves can be fermented or canned for consumption in the winter.
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The benefits of beet tops
Before using this product, you should learn more about it - what properties it has.
Beet tops is one of the record holders for the amount of nutrients it contains. Vegetable greens contain:
- calcium;
- molybdenum;
- iron;
- aluminum;
- sulfur;
- phosphorus;
- magnesium;
- manganese;
- chlorine;
- sodium;
- copper.
Beet tops are also a source of vitamins B1, B2, B6, A, PP, U, as well as oxalic, folic and ascorbic acids, carotenoids.
Delicious marinade from beet tops
One of the most delicious preparations for the winter from beet tops is a canned vegetable. To prepare this healthy treat, you need to take:
- stalks and leaves of beets;
- garlic;
- dill and parsley (herbs);
- bulb onions.
The stems and leaves of the root crop should be washed from dirt under running water and cut into strips. Chop parsley, dill and garlic, cut onion into rings. Add all this to the beetroot straws. Distribute the resulting mixture to prepared and sterilized jars. Prepare a marinade from sugar, salt, 1 liter of water, cloves, peas and apple cider vinegar. Pour the beet mixture with the resulting marinade and after 5-7 minutes. drain it into a saucepan. Bring the marinade to a boil and pour it back into the jars. Roll up containers.
Pickled beet tops
To prepare such a product, you need to take:
- beet stems and leaves - 1 kg;
- garlic - a few teeth;
- currant leaves;
- bulb onions;
- dill and parsley (herbs);
- salt - 1 tsp l .;
- dill in umbrellas.
Rinse the beet tops several times from dirt under running water. Spread evenly over the jars, alternating with onion rings and herbs, garlic and salt.
Set the oppression on top and place the workpiece in this form in a warm place for several days. Cover with lids and store in a cool storage area.
Pickled beet tops go well with fish and meat dishes and can be served as a snack. Beet tops can also be dried if the recipes given do not suit you. This is done as with regular greens - in a cool, secluded place.
Frozen beet tops
The process is quite simple - the stems and leaves are washed under running water and cut into pieces. The resulting product is packaged in cellophane bags and put into the freezer. It can be stored throughout the winter season.
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How to cook beet salad for the winter read the following article:Beetroot salad for the winter with bell pepper and onions