Roasted beets

Name: Roasted beets
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1.5kg mixed-colour baby beets; olive oil; 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 1 bulb of garlic; ½ a bunch of fresh thyme (15g)

Garlic, thyme & sticky balsamic

1 hr 30 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 8

About the recipe

By roasting these beets you get the most unbelievable concentration of flavour. Coupled with the gentle sweet and sour acidity of the balsamic, and the fragrance of fresh thyme and garlic, whether served hot or cold they’re a total treat.

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook, p140

nutrition per serving

Calories

Fat

Saturates

Sugars

17%

Salt

10%

Protein

Carbs

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

1.5kg mixed-colour baby beets

olive oil

4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 bulb of garlic

½ a bunch of fresh thyme (15g)

Method

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For the full recipe, head to page 140 of Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook.

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Beetroot Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook Sides Christmas

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