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43 beetroot recipes that taste as good as they look

In a world of ugly-delicious root vegetables, beetroots are the rainbow-coloured stunners of the table.
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Grated raw, roasted whole or blitzed in a borsch, with beetroot season comes a world of possibilities. From a roast beetroot recipe that makes for an excellent side dish to dessert beetroot recipes such as beetroot chocolate mud cakes, the vibrant root vegetable is versatile in our eyes.

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Here we have beetroot recipes for all occasions, be it beetroot salads, beetroot-cured ocean trout, vegetarian beetroot kebabs or beetroot and chocolate brownies.

These are our best beetroot recipes.

Photo: Chris Court

Lemon-scented labneh with fig and beetroot

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Photo: James Moffatt

Lamb, beetroot and walnut with herb dressing

Photo: Jessica Brook

Hasselback beetroot with cabbage and dukkah

Photo: Con Poulos

Roasted beetroot carpaccio

Photo: James Moffatt

Luke & Samuel Bourke’s kangaroo with beetroot

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Lamb kofta with beetroot salad

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Kelda Haines’s goat’s cheese, beetroot and blackberry salad

Roasted beetroot with bottarga and crème fraîche
Photo: Adam Gibson

Analiese Gregory’s roasted beetroot with bottarga and crème fraîche

Lentil and speck soup with beetroot slaw
Photo: William Meppem

Lentil and speck soup with beetroot slaw

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Photo: William Meppem

Beetroot and carrot mezzalune with leek, hazelnut and poppy seeds

Battered beetroot and cauliflower
Photo: Sharyn Cairns

Supermaxi’s battered beetroot and cauliflower

Photo: William Meppem

Beetroot-cured ocean trout with buttermilk and soft herbs

Photo: Mark Roper

Beetroot chocolate mud cakes

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Photo: Chris Chen

Steak with sweet and sour beetroot and horseradish crème fraiche

Burgers with pickled beetroot
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Burgers with pickled beetroot

Baked beetroot with cream and thyme sauce
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Baked beetroot with cream and thyme sauce

Photo: William Meppem

Beetroot, radicchio, Gorgonzola and toasted walnut salad

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Anna Maria Eoclidi’s tortelli caramelle

Photo: Alan Benson

Peter Kuruvita’s beetroot curry

Shawarma-spiced roast lamb leg with beetroot sauce
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Shawarma-spiced roast lamb leg with beetroot sauce

Photo: William Meppem

Smoked mackerel smorrebrod with beetroot salad

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Photo: William Meppem

Cannellini bean and beetroot salad

Cutler & Co's red endive and beetroot salad with juniper and horseradish cream
Photo: Mark Roper

Andrew McConnell’s red endive and beetroot salad with juniper and horseradish cream

Photo: Alicia Taylor

Stir-fried beetroot leaves with coconut and spices

Burnt beetroot carpaccio
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Burnt beetroot carpaccio

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Beetroot kebabs with labne and dukkah
Photo: Mark Roper

Beetroot kebabs with labne and dukkah

Warm cauliflower, chickpea and beetroot salad
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Warm cauliflower, chickpea and beetroot salad

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Roast beetroot and blood orange salad

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Roasted beets and onions with yoghurt, quinoa and walnuts

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Photo: Chris Court

Beetroot salad with sweet and sour dressing

Borsch
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Borsch

Calamari cooked in olive oil with spiced beetroot salad

Frank Camorra’s calamari cooked in olive oil with spiced beetroot salad

Beetroot and chocolate with burnt orange
Photo: William Meppem

Three Blue Ducks’ beetroot and chocolate with burnt orange

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Photo: William Meppem

Beetroot soup with smoked trout and dill

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Beetroot, feta and lentil salad

Photo: William Meppem

Smashed beetroot, quinoa, egg and avocado salad

Photo: William Meppem

Sumac lamb cutlets with beetroot hummus

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Photo: William Meppem

Spiced beetroot seed cake with rapadura frosting

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Beetroot brownies with ginger crème fraîche

Photo: Chris Court

Carpaccio of kangaroo with beetroot and native fruits

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Roast beetroot with shankleesh, onion, almonds and dill

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Beetroot, chickpea and za’atar salad

Beetroot salad with barley and hazelnut
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Beetroot salad with barley and hazelnut

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