Thing is, between the time I bought the beets and actually made the powder, they'd been sitting in the fridge for the better part of a month, so a few of them had gotten fuzzy in places. Seeing as I wanted the powder for a project that should expect to involve some human consumption, this was bad.
Instead of tossing the whole lot out, I chopped off the fuzzy bits and figured this would be a test run. I washed, peeled, and grated the beets, then spread them out on two cookie sheets and put them in the oven at 170F. It's the lowest setting my oven has and I think it runs a bit on the hot side. To try to ease the heat, I'd open the oven door now and again and use it to fan the air.
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| The brutal beet slaughter of 2013 |
Once it was bone dry (and slightly browny-red. oops.) I let it cool and popped it into our coffee grinder that I'd swept out fully beforehand. I whizzed the ever living daylights out of those shreds and let it settle before opening it. The beet smell was very present.
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| Mmm, air de beet. |
I shook the powder into a little jar, using a bristle brush to gently sweep the finest powder from the surfaces of the grinder.
Now I have a small baby food jar full of beet powder that probably shouldn't be eaten and no clue what to do with it.
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| 2 pounds of beets or so, down to a 2.5 oz jar. |
Although, the tint left on the brushes makes me think this powder might have potential as a blush...
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| See that pinkish tinge on the edge? |
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