Lecho is considered a popular preparation all over the world. One of the types of this dish is finger-licking lecho made from beets, prepared for the winter. It is no different from the classic version of preparation, except for the addition of a special ingredient - beets. The remaining vegetables, usually included in lecho, remain. This product can be used as a stand-alone snack or as a dressing for borscht.
Taste characteristics of the snack
Vegetable preparations are good for the body. Beets enrich the dish with amino acids, vegetable carbohydrates and saturate it with organic acids. In addition to their benefits, vegetables fill the body with a whole range of tastes. Beetroot makes lecho a dietary product. It can be added to any diet.
What dishes are recommended to be served with?
The vegetable delicacy can be served as a stand-alone vegetable salad or used in the preparation of other products. For example, you can cook stewed beef or pork with lecho, bake pizza in the oven, add it as a pie filling, or use it as a seasoning for soup or as an addition to a side dish.
What you need for cooking
The composition of the lecho must include:
- sweet bell pepper;
- tomatoes;
- carrot;
- greenery;
- beet.
For the cooking process you will definitely need a large frying pan and oil for frying.
A sufficient amount of foil and an oven in the kitchen will help soften the beets.
Preparation of lecho with beets according to the recipe “You will lick your fingers”
Ingredients needed to preserve one liter jar according to the “Finger-lickin’ good” recipe:
- 250 grams of beets;
- 200 grams of carrots;
- 70 grams of leeks;
- 30 grams of parsley;
- 270 grams of bell pepper;
- 20 grams of chili pepper;
- 150 grams of tomatoes;
- salt and sugar to taste;
- 40 milliliters of olive oil.
Recipe:
- To obtain softness, the beets must be wrapped in foil and placed in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for an hour and a half. As a last resort, you can cook it, but the result will be a little worse.
- While the beets are cooking, you need to peel the carrots, rinse them and grate them on a medium grater.
- Next, you need to thoroughly rinse the leeks, cut them into small rings, and finely chop the washed parsley with a knife.
- Carrots are fried in a frying pan in olive oil until soft, after which onions and parsley are added. The vegetable mixture should continue to cook over low heat.
- Bell peppers and chili peppers need to be poured with boiling water for 5 minutes. Then the bell pepper should be cut into rings, and the chili should be cut in half. After this, the vegetables are added to the frying pan to the main mass.
- The washed tomatoes are cut into slices about a millimeter thick, after which they are placed in a frying pan.
- All vegetables must be simmered until the tomatoes are cooked. This takes approximately ten minutes.
- At this time, you should grate the softened beets and send them to prepare with the rest of the products.
- Now you can add sugar and salt, stir and simmer for another five minutes.
- All that remains is to distribute the lecho into sterilized jars, close the containers properly and, when they have cooled, send them to a cool place for storage.
Recipe “Beetroot lecho-dressing for borscht”
To prepare beet lecho dressing for borscht you will need:
- 3 kilograms of beets;
- 1 kilogram of tomatoes;
- 500 grams of bell pepper;
- 500 grams of onions;
- 150 grams of garlic;
- 1.5 cups vegetable oil;
- 100 milliliters of vinegar (9%);
- 4 tablespoons sugar;
- 2 tablespoons salt;
- half a pod of red hot pepper.
The recipe is very similar to the previous one, except that there is no need to soften the beets, since they will be cooked in the soup. Preparation progress:
- The onion should be cut into cubes and fried until golden brown.
- Grate the beets on a coarse grater, chop the tomatoes as much as possible. The hot pepper must be finely chopped.
- Next, all the ingredients go into a large saucepan, including salt, sugar and vegetable oil. The vegetable mixture should be simmered for about 40 minutes.
- Now all that remains is to cut the bell pepper into strips and chop the garlic. Add them to the vegetable mixture and simmer all together for another 20 minutes. Two minutes before it is fully cooked, add vinegar to the pan.
- The lecho is ready. All that remains is to place it in sterile jars and screw on the lids.
Storage rules and duration
The jars must be hermetically sealed. Only in well-sealed containers can products be stored for a long time.
Products should be kept in dark and cool places. You can store canned beets for up to a year.
