Roasted Baby Beets with Creamy Goat Cheese Dip
If using multiple colors of beets, roast the red ones separately to keep their color from bleeding into the others.
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 400°.
Rinse beets thoroughly. Leave 1-inch stem on beets; reserve greens for another use. Arrange the beets, 1/4 cup water, garlic, and thyme in a 13 x 9-inch glass or ceramic baking dish. Cover with foil; bake at 400° for 1 hour or until tender. Uncover dish; cool completely. Reserve garlic and pan juices; discard thyme. Peel beets, keeping stems intact. Cut beets lengthwise into quarters.
Squeeze garlic pulp into a mini chopper; discard peels. Add buttermilk and next 6 ingredients (through goat cheese); process until smooth. Spoon 3 tablespoons sauce onto each of 6 plates; arrange 8 beet quarters over sauce. Drizzle 1/2 teaspoon pan juices over each serving; garnish with dill sprigs, if desired.
