Beets Roasted with Maple Syrup

Roasted beets usually involve a bit of messy prep work, and a long cooking time.

You however can have them on the table in short order, and with practically zero prep time, thanks to your home canned beets.

(To be clear, this is a “cooking with canning you have already done” recipe. This is not a recipe for canning.)

This recipe uses:

Home-canned plain beets

The recipe

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Beets Roasted with Maple Syrup

Yield: 3 cups / 800 g / 1.5 lbs

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword Beets, Maple

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings 3 cups

Calories 170kcal

Metric - US Customary

Ingredients

• 1 litre jar home-canned beets (US quart)
• 1 tablespoon duck fat (or 2 tablespoons oil)
• 4 tablespoons maple syrup

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

• Heat oven to 200 C (400 F).
• Drain beets, and put in bowl.
• Add the tablespoon of oil, and toss. (If using duck fat, zap in microwave for 30 seconds to melt, then stir into the beets.)
• Spread beets out in baking dish, and roast in oven for 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven, add the maple syrup, stir, then put back in oven.
• Roast for a further 20 minutes.
• Serve piping hot.

Notes

Instead of maple syrup, you could try balsamic vinegar. Or brown sugar.

The duck fat lends a richer taste. Many old time cooks, especially in France, prefer it over oil for roasting.

Nutrition

Serving: 3g | Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 33.3g | Protein: 3.4g | Fat: 3.8g | Saturated Fat: 0.5g | Sodium: 156mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 27.8g

Nutrition

Per ¾ cup (200 g / 7 oz):

• 170 calories, 156 mg sodium
• Weight Watchers PointsPlus®: 5 points

* Nutrition info provided by https://caloriecount.about.com

* PointsPlus™ calculated by healthycanning.com. Not endorsed by Weight Watchers® International, Inc, which is the owner of the PointsPlus® registered trademark.