Name: Roasted Baby Beets
Yield: Makes 10 servings
Ingredients: 30 baby beets (each 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter; about 5 bunches), unpeeled, all but 1 inch of tops trimmed, rinsed; 4 large fresh rosemary sprigs, plus additional sprigs for garnish; 1 1/2 tablespoons butter; 1/4 cup olive oil

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Roasted Baby BeetsMark Thomas

Baby beets simply roasted to bring out their sweetness need just the barest slip of butter and a sprinkling of fresh rosemary. Candy cane beets, if you can find them at a farmers' market, look especially festive, but so does a medley of red and yellow ones. If baby beets are unavailable, cut peeled roasted large beets into 1-inch cubes.

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