How to freeze raw beets and beet tops for winter

Beetroot is a very healthy vegetable, from which you can cook a lot of different dishes. Beetroot is used to cook borscht, beetroot, prepare salads and even make desserts and used in baking. However, the time of its heat treatment is quite long. Beetroot contains coloring pigments that strongly stain hands that are difficult to wash, and you don't always want to get dirty, then a pre-prepared blank in the freezer will also help out. It happens that there is no place to store fresh vegetables with the right temperature, they quickly deteriorate. In this case, freezing will be the best option for preserving beets for the winter.
Beet roots are thoroughly washed under running water, remove the leaves and tails, clean and cut into the right size pieces, circles or grate. Such a billet is suitable for cooking soups, where heat treatment of vegetables is needed.
We put beetroot pieces on plates and put them in the freezer for 2 hours. When the beetroot freezes, we remove it from the plate, put it in bags with clips for compact storage and put it back in the freezer.
Beet tops can also be frozen for cooking soups with herbs, botvinnik and borscht in winter. It will retain useful trace elements when frozen. To do this, we wash the leaves, dry them on paper towels, cut them into small pieces, put them in bags and put them in the freezer.
Beets can be frozen pre-boiled and cut into cubes. It will be a kind of semi-finished product for vinaigrette and other salads. For salads, you can also freeze boiled and grated. In winter, it will only be necessary to remove the beets from the freezer, defrost and add to the salad.
Bon appetit!