These heart "beet" sticks are soft, vibrant, naturally tinted breadsticks with a tender crumb. Serve with pasta, salad, or soup and ideal for festive occasions, special meals, and date night dinners. This recipe provides measurements using fresh roasted beet puree and beet powder.
About these heart "beet" sticks
These are best, soft, and delicious breadsticks with roasted beets that are heart shaped. With this amazing shape and vibrant color, these breadsticks are an amazing one to make for a Valentine meal. These breadsticks will tell your loved ones how much you love them or how your heart beats for them.
Roasted beet puree gives the best color to the breadsticks. This post provides the recipe with beet powder too, the color of the bread will not be this vibrant. Fresh beetroot adds lovely color, but adds to the moisture. Therefore you will require different quantity of flour to make the dough depending on whether you use fresh roasted beet puree or beet powder.
These breadsticks are vegan using extra virgin olive oil. Olive oil imparts a delicious flavor to these breadsticks. Therefore you can serve for anyone with or without special dietary requirements.
In addition basil-garlic-olive oil brushing after baking gives extra boost. This is optional but I highly recommend it.
You can customize it by adding your favorite herb or seeds. Instead of brushing, you can sprinkle any herbs or garlic powder while rolling to a rope for shaping for the toppings stick to the dough easily for uniform distribution.
Ingredients
To make these vibrant and flavorful heart beet sticks, you will require the following:
All purpose flour - gives structuire to the breadsticks
Salt - gives flavor
Water - to knead the dough
Active dry yeast - leavens the bread adding structure
Roasted beet puree or beet powder - enhances the flavor providing a vibrant color. Adds antioxidants too.
Olive oil - enhances flavor
Garlic powder and dried basil - boosts the final flavor of the breadsticks
Serving Suggestions
These heart beet sticks easily pair with a delicious soup or salad, or pasta. Serve these with pesto or any other dip for an appetizer.
Storage
I store these at room temperature for a day or if there are any leftovers. Honestly, my kids and hubby would munch them on the go. If you want to store them for a few more days or longer refrigerate or freeze them. Warm them in the oven and serve when needed.
More Beet Recipes
Beetroot adds a mild sweetness and a vibrant color in addition to the earthy taste to any food that you make with it. Though I make a curry and a stew as a traditional recipe, here are some of our favorites using beets.
More Valentine's Day recipes
As Valentine's Day is around the corner, here are my suggestions from breakfast to dinner and dessert. What are you going make from this list?
Triple Chocolate M&M Giant Heart Cookie
Strawberry White Chocolate Bomb
Naturally Colored Breads
This bread is naturally colored using beets. Like this, there are many ways to color breads naturally and at the same time flavoring the breads, making amazing, and one of a kind bread loaves. Matcha Orange Loaf, and Matcha and Strawberry Cream Melon Pan are colored and flavored with Matcha powder. Multigrain Carrot Rolls and carrot Cinnamon Rolls get the vibrant orange with carrot juice. Turmeric can also be used to flavor and color the bread. This Spiced Up Potato, Turmeric, and Oat bread is a delicious one!
Date Night Dinners
- Pasta & Saffron Pepper Sauce from A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
- Pork Tenderloin with Garlic Sauce from Creative Cynchronicity
- Shrimp Bisque from Art of Natural Living
- Spaghetti with Breadcrumbs, Garlic, and Extra-Virgin Olive Oil from Karen's Kitchen Stories
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Heart "Beet" Sticks
Ingredients
If Using Roasted Beet puree (makes 12 breadsticks)
- 2½ cups All purpose flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 4 tbsp Olive oil
- 1½ tsp Active dry yeast
- ½ cup Water
- 1 tbsp Maple syrup
- 4 tbsp Roasted beet puree
If Using Beet Powder (makes 10 breadsticks)
- 2 cups All purpose flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 4 tbsp Olive oil
- 1½ tsp Active dry yeast
- ½ cups plus 2 tbsp Water
- 1 tbsp Maple syrup
- 2 tbsp Beet powder
Brushing
- 1-2 tbsp Aquafaba
Optional Final Brushing
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- ½ tsp Basil
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Garlic powder
Instructions
- Activate the yeast with warm water and maple syrup. Add oil, activated yeast, roasted beet puree or beet powder, salt to the bread machine followed by flour. Set it in dough cycle. The dough would have doubled in size after an hour of resting.
- Transfer the dough to a well floured surface. Punch and knead the dough to a smooth ball.
- Divide the dough to 12 balls (10 if using beet powder method). Take one portion of the dough and make a long rope of 12-14-in. Bring the edges together and make a heart shape. Transfer to a cornmeal dusted baking sheet. The shaping can be done on the sheet too.
- If no shaping is desired, just roll them to 10-in and continue with the next steps for simple breadsticks.
- Cover and let it prove for 30-40 minutes.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Brush with aquafaba.
- Bake for 17-18 minutes.
- When it bakes, mix basil, salt, garlic powder, and oil. set aside.
- Remove from the oven and brush with oil. Cool completely.
- Serve with soup, or salad, or with any dipping sauce.
Kelster says
This is definitely fun!!
Karen says
These are soooooo vibrant! What a perfect treat for Valentine's.
Karen says
I remember these from Bread Bakers! Still very vibrant.
Stacy Rushton says
What a fun and creative idea for Valentine's Day, Radha! I love how bright and colorful your hearts are!
The Lazy Gastronome says
How fun - and tasty!!! Pinned. Thanks for sharing at the What's for Dinner party. Hope you have a wonderful week!
Sneha's Recipe says
So colorful and perfect valentine's sticks Radha!
hobby baker Kelly says
They turned out so vibrant! I actually have some beets to use up...
A Day in the Life on the Farm says
Oooops, Sorry Radha after I hit send I realized I had called you Sneha. Please forgive me.
A Day in the Life on the Farm says
I think this is my favorite recipe of the event Sneha. Perfect for the upcoming holiday.
Radha says
Beetroot adds a lovely and vibrant color. Thanks, Stacy!
Radha says
Thanks, Karen!
Radha says
Yes! and delicious too!
Radha says
Yes! and delicious too!
Radha says
Yes, they are!
Radha says
Yes, they are!
Radha says
That's totally fine, it happens Wnedy. No worries. Thanks for stopping by.
Radha says
You'll love it! Thanks, Kelly!
Radha says
Yes, Sneha! Thanks!
Inger says
These are so cute! Now I wonder if you could boil them for heart shaped bagels (I even own beet powder 🙂 )!
magicalingrdnts says
You could! Thanks Inger for stopping by!