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Orange-Rosemary Glazed Beets plated with orange slices mint leaves and macadamia ricotta

Orange-Rosemary Glazed Beets

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These Orange-Rosemary Glazed Beets are decadent, flavorful, and wonderful to make ahead. They are delicious hot or cold, great as a side, in a salad or power bowl, or on crackers with Green Cashew-Fu Ricotta (a.k.a vegan cashew tofu ricotta) or Lux Vegan Macadamia Ricotta and Easy Stove Top Maple Pecans. The glaze liquid that remains in the casserole dish makes a fantastic dressing in a citrus beet salad.

It’s not Blood… It’s Beet Juice!

Working with beets can be a little messy. Ask my favorite TV beet farmer.

Screenshot of a Steam Town Mall Employee showing footage of Dwight on his iPhone from Season 7 Episode 2 of The Office

I recommend wearing dark clothing like Johnny Cash would have worn when peeling and cutting up beets. Alternatively, if you have a shirt for painting, hair-dyeing, or working on cars, that would also be a wise choice. Wearing gloves is an option if you don’t like having temporarily red-stained fingers.

Prepping The Beets & Rosemary

Peel the beets or just wash well and cut of the hairy root bits and stumpy parts.

Peeled beets

Cut off the stem parts that won’t peel away.

Cutting off the stem stumps

Cut the beets in half to make it easier to stabilize the beets when slicing.

Beets cut in half with a big Zelite knife

Slicing the beets cut-side down helps keep them in place.

Cutting beets into slices

Then cut the slices into strips.

Cutting slices into strips
Beets after being cut into strips

After pulling the leaves from the thick stem, mince the rosemary.

Mincing the rosemary

Let’s Make Orange-Rosemary Glazed Beets

Ingredients for Orange-Rosemary Glazed Beets
Ingredients for Orange-Rosemary Glazed Beets

Preheat oven to 450°

Add all ingredients except for the cut beets to the casserole dish and give it a quick stir.

Beets prior to tossing in orange juice mixture
Beets prior to tossing in orange juice mixture
Beets mixed into orange juice mixture
Beets mixed into orange juice mixture

Mix in the beets and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, removing from oven and stirring and tossing the beets every 20 – 30 minutes.

The beets are done when they are easily pierced with a fork.

Remove from oven, toss the beets and let sit for a few minutes to cool and let the juice reduce a bit more or turn the oven off, stir and let the beets sit in the oven for up to an hour to get the juices nice and syrupy. Serve or store in the fridge to use with the recipe of your choice.

The glaze liquid that remains in the casserole dish makes a fantastic dressing in a citrus beet salad.

Beets after chilling in the fridge, looking a lot like cranberry sauce from the can
Beets after chilling in the fridge, looking a lot like cranberry sauce from the can
Orange-Rosemary Glazed Beets plated with orange slices, mint leaves, and Lux Vegan Macadamia Ricotta
Orange-Rosemary Glazed Beets plated with orange slices mint leaves and macadamia ricotta
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Orange-Rosemary Oven-Roasted Beets

These Orange-Rosemary Glazed Beets are decadent, flavorful, and wonderful to make ahead. They are delicious hot or cold, great as a side, in a salad or power bowl, or on crackers.
Course Basics, Big Salad, Meal Prep, Sauce, Side Dish, Sides, topping
Cuisine American, California, Classic
Keyword Addictive, Easy, make-ahead
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 4
Calories 152kcal

Equipment

  • Vegetable peeler
  • Oven safe casserole dish
  • cutting board
  • knife

Ingredients

  • 2-4 beets about 1½ lbs (beets vary in size, best to weigh) washed and cut into 1/4" thick strips, you don't have to peel you can just cut the stumps and root hairs off.
  • 2 cups orange juice
  • 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1½ – 2 TBSPs fresh rosemary minced
  • 2 TBSPs maple syrup
  • 2 TBSPs non-virgin olive oil or another high smoke point neutral oil, like avocado oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt

Optional For Serving

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 450°
  • Add all ingredients except for the cut beets to the casserole dish and give it a quick stir. Mix in the beets and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, removing from oven and stirring and tossing the beets every 20 – 30 minutes. The beets are done when they are easily pierced with a fork.
  • Remove from oven, toss the beets and let sit for a few minutes to cool and let the juice reduce a bit more or turn the oven off, stir and let the beets sit in the oven for up to an hour to get the juices nice and syrupy. Serve or store in the fridge to use with the recipe of your choice.

Notes

Nutrition Information is approximate. The Nutrition Information provided only includes the beets recipe and not the “Optional For Serving” ingredients. 
The glaze liquid that remains in the casserole dish makes a fantastic dressing in a citrus beet salad.
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Nutrition

Calories: 152kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 440mg | Potassium: 297mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 299IU | Vitamin C: 62mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg

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If you like this recipe you might also like Oven-Baked Sriracha Tofu and Marinated Oven Roasted Kebabs.

Did You Make Orange-Rosemary Glazed Beets?

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