Beet Leaf Rolls Recipes

BEET LEAF ROLLS WITH CREAMY DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Chop up onion and garlic. 2. Add rice, water, onion, and garlic to rice cooker and cook until done. 3. Boil beet leaves in a small amount of water until just wilted. Drain water and let cool. Make sure you cook more beet leaves than you think you will need, as some of them will break. 4. Once rice mixture and leaves are cool, place one tablespoon of the rice mixture on a beet leaf and roll. 5. Fill up a greased 9 x 13 casserole dish with the rolls. 6. In a sauce pan, melt butter, add flour, and cook until flower and butter is golden brown. 7. Add cream and stir until sauce is slightly thick. Do not worry if your sauce is a little runny. It will thicken up in the oven. 8.Stir in chopped dill and salt and pepper to taste. 9. Pour sauce over the beet leaf rolls. 10. Cook in a 350 oven for 45 minutes, or until the cream sauce is boiling at the edges. 11. Let cool for 5 minutes and serve

UKRAINIAN BEET GREEN CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium-high heat, and cook the onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat; allow to cool. Place the bread crumbs into a large bowl; pour the milk over the crumbs. Let stand until the crumbs have absorbed the liquid, about 5 minutes. Stir in the cooked onion, ground beef, ground pork, egg, salt, and pepper until well combined.
• Cover the bottom of the prepared baking dish with 2 large beet leaves; set aside 2 more leaves for the top. Lay remaining beet leaves for filling onto a flat work surface, and place a heaping teaspoon of the meat mixture at the wide end (bottom) of each leaf. Roll the leaf up, enclosing the filling, then place into the baking dish. Repeat with the remaining leaves and filling mixture. Pour the chicken broth over the filled rolls, then place the last 2 reserved leaves over the top of the rolls.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the beet leaves are tender and the filling is cooked through, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (72 degrees C).
• Remove the dish from the oven, and pour the liquid from the bottom of the baking dish into a small saucepan. Whisk the flour and cream together in a bowl until smooth, and stir the cream mixture gradually into the pan juices. Bring to a bare simmer over medium-low heat, and cook gently until thickened, about 5 minutes. Do not boil. To serve, arrange the filled rolls in a serving dish and pour the sauce over the rolls. Sprinkle with chopped dill.

SIMPLE AND DELICIOUS BEET GREENS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the beet greens, and cook uncovered until tender, about 2 minutes. Drain in a colander, then immediately immerse in ice water for several minutes until cold to stop the cooking process. Once the greens are cold, drain well, and coarsely chop.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the greens until oil and garlic is evenly distributed. Season with salt and pepper. Cook just until greens are hot; serve with lemon wedges.

BEET LEAF ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Place your clean beet leaves in a 200 degree oven or hot sun to wilt them.
• (if usiong the oven, don't forget them in there).
• Cook your rice in the 2 cups of water with the 1tsp salt.
• Fry the diced onion in the butter until soft, then add the dill.
• Add the onion/butter/dill mixture to the cooked rice.
• Add salt and pepper to taste, and mix well.
• Place 1 tablespoon of the filling onto a beet leaf, and roll up.
• Making sure your filling won't fall out.
• Place in layers into a casserole dish.
• Mix together the sauce ingredients until well blended.
• And pour over the beet leaf roll-ups.
• Bake at 300 for 1/2 to 3/4 hour.
• until the sauce is just bubbling at the edges.
• Enjoy!

BEET LEAF ROLLS

Steps:

• Wash the beet leaves and allow to wilt (in the sun works well).
• In a medium size bowl, combine the yeast, sugar, water and butter. Add the flour and salt and stir to form a dough. It will be somewhat sticky. Add extra flour if it is too sticky. Cover and allow to rise for about an hour, no kneading required.
• Spray a large, shallow casserole with non-stick spray.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Divide dough into 24 small balls.
• Form rolls by dipping each ball very lightly in salt, then in the chives and dill. Place the dough on a beet leaf and roll up. The rolls should not be too tight because the dough will rise during baking. Place the rolls in the prepared casserole.
• Stir together the sour cream and cream. Add any remaining chives and dill to this mixture. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour over the rolls in the casserole.
• Bake at 350F for 30-40 minutes until rolls are slightly puffed and golden.