I had some beets and wanted to do something new and different with them. I was thinking about Moroccan Food so I looked up recipes for Moroccan Spice Rub. WOW all the recipes I found are so different. The only common ingredients in most of the recipes were ginger, cinnamon and coriander. Other than that they differed greatly. So I picked one that sounded the most delicious for beets. It is from www.BBCGoodFood.com for Moroccan Spice Rub. Well I picked a great one because these beets came out amazing! I served the beets with pickled onions, olives, gooseberries, feta cheese, urfa pepper and fresh mint so it was delicious. This recipe is only for the beets but you can easily put it together in a similar way. I do note that my idea of serving size might differ from your idea of serving size. This makes around 8 small servings.

Ingredients for around 8 servings

2 lbs beets – peeled and cut in any shape you like

water to almost cover beets in pan

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon sea salt

3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (I rounded up to 1 teaspoon and it came out a bit spicy)

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon coriander

1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

optional pickled onions to taste (recipe can be found on this site)

optional olives to taste

optional gooseberries to taste (apricots or other fruit would work)

optional feta cheese to taste

optional urfa pepper (taste really great on the feta cheese)

optional fresh mint to taste

Directions

Set oven to 400 degrees F.

Your peeled cut up beets go in a loaf shaped pan. Then I poured all the spices on top of the beets. The cumin, ginger, salt, black pepper, cinnamon, coriander, cayenne, allspice and cloves. Then I added enough water to almost cover beets. The pan gets covered tight and goes in the middle of the oven till beets are tender. Around 45 minutes to an hour. Timing will differ because all ovens differ and beets differ depending on size and freshness.

When ready to use drain beets and suggested serving is pickled onions, olives, gooseberries, feta cheese, urfa pepper and fresh mint.

Most people will enjoy this! Even my husband enjoyed them and he isn’t a fan of beets!