Do I have to peel beets for a roasted beet salad?

[no_hypocrisy]

Or is it merely cosmetic and I'd be losing vital nutrients in the skin like carrots and potatoes?

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Yes but you have to bake them at about 400f for an hour first. If you don't peel them

they will taste like dirt. After cooking for about an hour, the skins will just slide off.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Thanks very much.

[sir pball]

4. HOPEFULLY just slide off

Protip: cut both ends off, then wrap them in aluminum foil with an absolutely obscene amount of oil, canola or olive or whatever you wish. Roast until they're soft through (a cake tester is ideal for this) and the skins may or may not come off. At least if they don't, taking them off with a paring knife is much easier.

We have a mixed beet salad on the menu for NYC Restaurant Week; I've been burning through ten pounds a day for the last three weeks.

[idwiyo]

3. Yes, absolutely. Boiling works as well as baking them.

[Lucinda]

5. No they don't have to be peeled.

Just wash well.
You can peel easily after roasting if you choose to, but the peels are fine to eat too.
Probably better with younger beets though.

[msanthrope]

6. Roast til soft, wrapped in foil. when cool enough to handle slip the

skins off with your hands ( wear rubber gloves.) Beet skin tastes like dirt.