Stewed beet root (Gestoofde bieten)

Traditional recipe from The Netherlands

• 700g of cooked beet root
• 1 small onion
• salt
• 1 tbsp of sugar
• 3 cloves
• dash of vinegar
• knob of butter or margarine
• 2 tbsp of corn flour

Peel and slice the beet roots. Put them in a sauce pan with a little water, chopped onion, salt, sugar, cloves, vinegar and butter or margarine. Simmer for 10 minutes with the lid on.

Bind the liquid at the last moment with a little corn flour, made into a paste of puring consistency with some cold water.