Heart Beets

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Wow! So pretty, and the taste is amazing with rich carmelization. (And these are rich. A tablespoon each of olive oil and sweetener, I used maple syrup, for the batch which is so addicting I could easily eat it in one sitting.) I will be making these again. They would be great used as a garnish.

A few notes about the recipe. I have a set of graduated heart cookie cutters. Even with a big beet and my smallest cutter, I could only get 1 heart per slice. I got 6 hearts out of my beet. So, I used different sized cutters centered on the beet slice to make a positive and a negative heart, and I cooked them both. The negatives didn't hold their heart shape too well, but they tasted great - chewy/crispy with lots of carmelization. Also, she mentions using a toaster oven, but that would have worked only if I cooked the 6 hearts alone.

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Leeka - 29th April 2012
What a neat looking dish! Lovely photo.
Is there a tablespoon of olive oil and sweetener for each heart???

snoopy - 29th April 2012
No, not that bad! The amounts are for the entire batch, although an entire batch is only one large beet. (Now that I'm looking at this again, the oil was actually 1.5 tbs) That's a lot of oil for me. So, I think it's all in how these are used. I dare say that these were so good right out of the oven that they could pass for dessert.

Leeka - 30th April 2012
I'm really trying to cut down on the amount of oil I cook with but I'm definitely intrigued. It's great to discover foods apart from baked goods that will satisfy my sweet tooth.

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