Roast baby beetroot and red onions

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    as a side dish
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Vegetables: The new food heroes

By Peter Gordon

Published 2007

  • About

Baby vegetables are perhaps the most faddish of all cheffy ingredients. It seems every other year they’re in, the next they’re out. However, of all the baby veggies, I most like beetroot and carrots, as they really do seem sweeter and are cuter to look at. The beetroot I used here were very small; but whether they’re this size when you cook with them or slightly larger (up to a walnut size), the technique is exactly the same. If you buy beetroot without leaves, don’t worry; just replace the