Dried beets - how to do !?

Yutan, can you tell me how to dry beets in cubes or on a grater third?

My beets, peel and rub on a Berner grater. Dries. In winter I throw a little water or broth into a frying pan, it becomes as fresh. Color, taste ... I even made salads with garlic and mayonnaise out of it, used it for herring under a fur coat. This year I will make it smaller, otherwise I made large blocks. And for the juice I leave fresh.

Yutan, when you use beets for salads, do you first restore with water?

In a saucepan, poured a little hot water and blanched.
But I must say right away that I did not try to do it for vinigrette, only for borscht, beetroot, salad with garlic and mayonnaise and herring under a fur coat.
After blanching, she drained excess moisture into a colander.

My beets, peel and rub on a Berner grater.

Korean carrot grater?
And more ... tell me, please, at what temperature to dry and for what time?

There is little liquid in beets, they are solid, the juice dries quickly. We dry first on a high T * until it withers, and there it will be visible - either to dry it out, or to subtract T *.
I prefer to dry all vegetables on a high 55-60 * dry, dry faster and the drying time is shorter, the effect is better

Oh, I also dry vegetables with pleasure, dried beets proved to be excellent, cabbage and bell peppers are next

Tatiana, do you dry raw or boiled beets? I tried one and the other a little. Boiled fine after drying turned out like prunes, sweet and almost black. And the damp color changed a little, became lighter. So I'm thinking, cook it all and then dry it, or because I broke the temperature regime for raw, that's why it brightened me?

Tatiana, do you dry raw or boiled beets? I tried one and the other a little. Boiled fine after drying turned out like prunes, sweet and almost black. And the damp color changed a little, became lighter. So I'm thinking, cook it all and then dry it, or because I broke the temperature regime for raw, that's why it brightened me?

I dry raw beets, I would not say that it has become lighter straight, but definitely sweeter! I had a large bucket of huge beets, I used to chop and freeze this too, but this time I dried it, a little less than a three-liter jar turned out from the shredded bucket, I liked it: space is saved and stored for a long time without a refrigerator

Tatiana, thank you for your answer!
I searched the entire Internet, but everywhere they write that beets need to be boiled or blanched before drying. I boiled and cut a bucket of beets, and cut the second bucket raw. It dried fairly quickly and perfectly when wet. And drying boiled beets is very problematic, maybe I did it this way? Boiled beets, cut into slices, dried for a very long time, cut them smaller - gave juice. When it dries, it barely ripped it off from the mesh, stuck tightly. I will never cook and dry again.

Tatiana, thank you for your answer!
I searched the entire Internet, but everywhere they write that beets need to be boiled or blanched before drying. I boiled and cut a bucket of beets, and cut the second bucket raw. It dried fairly quickly and perfectly when wet. And drying boiled beets is very problematic, maybe I did it this way? Boiled beets, cut into slices, dried for a very long time, cut them smaller - gave juice. When it dries, it barely tore it off the net, stuck tightly. I will never cook and dry again.

I would be too lazy to cook, and then dry it too, it still seems to lose color after boiling, but I still dried it for soup, there is nothing to cook twice

[Tatiana Shishkina]

I added dried beets, the one that was first boiled, into the minced meat for the turkey galantine. Spun the beets in the coffee grinder, it became like powder. The mince was beautiful, reddish in color. Galantin was baked in the oven, it turned out very tasty. And the beets gave a beautiful "sausage" color to the finished product.
My daughters are delighted with dried vegetables, especially beets, a small handful to the main soup and red borscht is ready.

Tatiana Shishkina, Tanya, and boiled beets, dried to chips, turned out to be crispy and very sweet. The children ate it instantly. It's even a pity that it dried so little.

[marika33]

marika33, Well, and then - "I will never again" .... and apple chips from kandili and sinap are generally a waste

[Alim]

Alim, Alim, I got angry at the beets. it took a very long time to dry. Now this has already been forgotten, of course, I will dry it some more.
I am also drying apple chips now, very tasty. I haven't even tried the Kandil variety, are they sour or sweet?

And I also clean the beets, cut them into slices and put them in a slow cooker for stewing, add a little fresh viburnum or pureed with sugar, a little jam and an hour and a half. And then in the dryer for several hours, the children are dragging them like sweets.

I dry a lot and varied in Isidri, but I haven't had to use beets yet. This recipe caught my eye.
I'll definitely dry it now! You can still buy beets for inexpensive

The beet drying test was excellent!
There were two medium-sized beets, I peeled them, cut them across and rubbed them on a Berner on a 1.6 mm insert. I laid out the raw ones in the evening on a tray in Isidri, stood for 4 hours at maximum, then at an average temperature until morning. It could have been turned off earlier, but when I woke up I woke up
That is, it dried up overnight! The color remained as bright as it was.
Basically, we don't eat beets, I just add them to borscht. But I really like the drying process of something else new!