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PAMBLOC (Derek Carver) wrote:

> On a recent trip to France I was served a delicious liver dish in a
> 'sang de betrave' sauce. It's deep red looked wonderful on the
> plate, and was a superb accompaniment. But I can't figure out the
> best way to achieve this rather thick sauce.
>
> It gave the appearance of being reduced (maybe with some sugar) and
> stirred into the pan juices in which the liver had been cooked.
>
> My problem is how to get the juice in the first place. It seems that
> one could boil raw beetroot and then reduce the liquid (adding sugar,
> maybe, as I said) or One could boil beetroot and liquidise the whole
> thing (but I think that might make the sauce cloudy, which it wasn't
> - not that that matters if the flavour is there), or Maybe one can
> buy cans of beetroot juice (we don't have a juicer ourselves and I
> admit we've never seen it on sale - not that we've looked up till
> now).
>
> So if anybody has any experience of working with beetroot juice I
> would certainly be grateful to be set on the right path.
>

> Derek
> (Oxshott, Surrey, UK)

I'll light a candle for you, Derek. I make Beet Jelly. Beet water
flavored with Raspberry Kool-Aid. Some people really like it. :-)

How much liquid are you looking for? Were I you (and I'm glad I'm not),
I'd peel the disgusting beets (I know what zxcvbob said; I'm telling you
what I would do) , dice them small or shred them coarsely, put them into
a microwave-safe vessel, add a small amount (maybe a half cup) of water,
cover loosely, and nuke them for 5 minutes or so. That should get you a
fair amount of liquid if they were juicy to start with.

When I do mine for the jelly, I peel (I don't want boiled dirt in my
beet liquid) and slice or dice and put 3 cups of water in a pressure pan
with the beety bits and pressure cook them for about 10-15 minutes.
That pretty much gets rid of the color in the bits and gives me a
loverly deep magenta liquid that I use for the jelly. Check my webpage:
www.jamlady.eboard.com and look for the Beet Jelly note.

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