Moroccan Beetroot Juice

Method8 steps

1. 1

   Step 1: Use the fresh-beet parboiling route. Have a pot and a blender ready, and keep the measured drinking water chilled while preparing the beet.

2. 2

   Step 2: Scrub the medium beetroot thoroughly with a kitchen brush. Trim off the dirty upper ring, leave the rest of the skin on and cut the beet into four pieces.

   Uses 1 medium red beetroot, washed and quartered with the skin on

3. 3

   Step 3: Put the washed beet quarters from step 2 in the pot with enough separate cooking water to parboil them. Bring the water to a boil, then cook for about 20 minutes, checking until a knife passes through the beet without effort.

   Check parboiled beetroot · 20 minUses Washed skin-on beet quarters · Water, enough to parboil the beetroot quarters

4. 4

   Step 4: Lift the cooked beet quarters from step 3 into a bowl and discard the cooking water. Once cool enough to handle, rub off the skin with your fingers. Let the peeled beet cool completely before blending.

   Uses Cooked beet quarters

5. 5

   Step 5: Measure ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice for the blender. Prepare the juice before blending; no particular number of oranges is required.

   Uses ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice

6. 6

   Step 6: Measure the ½ cup chilled drinking water, 1½ tsp white vinegar, 1 tsp pure orange blossom water and 1 tsp sugar into the blender jug.

   Uses ½ cup chilled drinking water · 1½ tsp white vinegar · 1 tsp pure orange blossom water · 1 tsp sugar

7. 7

   Step 7: Add all the cooled peeled beet from step 4 and the measured fresh orange juice from step 5 to the blender jug from step 6. Blend for about one minute, or until the drink is smooth.

   Uses Cooled peeled beetroot · Measured fresh orange juice · Measured chilled water, vinegar, blossom water and sugar

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   Step 8: Refrigerate the blended drink from step 7 for at least 2 hours before serving as two small portions. It thickens as it chills: if needed, thin it with a little additional chilled water or fresh orange juice. Keep refrigerated and use within 3 days.

   Chill beetroot drink · 120 minUses Blended Moroccan beetroot drink · Extra chilled drinking water, only if the stored juice needs thinning · Extra freshly squeezed orange juice, only if the stored juice needs thinning