Meet The Beetles
- 2 pounds red beets (or a mix of red and yellow)
- 1 horseradish root
- juice of one lemon
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- Heat the oven to 425?. Trim the tops from the beets but save them. Wash the beets under running water.
- Wrap the beets in aluminum foil packets and place in the oven. Roast for just over one hour. Test for doneness with a fork.
- Let the packages rest and when cool enough to handle, open up and dye your hands red by peeling the beets. Slice and arrange on a platter. Drizzle with squeezed lemon and dribble some olive oil over everything. Season with salt and pepper.
- Peel your horseradish root (you can do this while the beets are resting in their package). Using your favorite grater, box or Microplane, grate a generous amount of horseradish over everything.
- Pretty damn easy, right? And you will wash and saute those beet greens in butter or I won't respect you in the morning.
red beets, horseradish root, lemon, olive oil, salt
Taken from food52.com/recipes/3423-meet-the-beetles (may not work)