At a glance
You're making a beautiful pink twist on classic cinnamon rolls using beetroot purée, ginger, and aromatic orange zest. The dough needs time to rise, then you'll roll, fill, cut into distinctive triangles, and shape them before baking—the rewarding part is that you can prep ahead by refrigerating or freezing the dough for baking later.
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Beetroot purée
Cook diced beetroot until tender, then blend into a smooth purée.
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Yeast starter
Dissolve a teaspoon of sugar in slightly warm water and stir in the dried yeast. Leave for about 3 minutes until it starts to foam.
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Making the dough base
Add the beetroot purée, sugar, egg, buttermilk, butter, orange juice (a teaspoon) and zest. It's important that all the ingredients are at room temperature.
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