{"id":2773,"slug":"red-beet-food-coloring","title":"Red Beet Food Coloring","description":"This homemade food coloring derives its color from beets.","ingredients_raw":["2 medium beetroots, peeled and cut into chunks","1 cup (250 ml) water","3 tablespoons white granulated sugar","½ teaspoon lemon juice"],"ingredients_norm":["beetroot","water","white granulated sugar","lemon juice"],"steps":["Blend beets and water in a food processor.","Using a cheesecloth, strain the purée into a bowl to extract the juice.","Pour the juice into a saucepan and add sugar.","Turn the heat to medium-high, and stir to dissolve the sugar.","Skim off and discard any foam that collects at the surface of the liquid.","Simmer until the liquid reduces to a single-thread consistency.","Turn off the heat and stir in the lemon juice.","Cool slightly, then pour into an airtight jar and cool completely."],"categories":["Recipes using beet","Recipes using granulated sugar","Recipes using lemon juice","Recipes for food coloring"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":null,"yield_text":"¼ cup (70 g)","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Red_Beet_Food_Coloring","source_ref":"4540914","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Red_Beet_Food_Coloring&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"7f317194b756e2d2e69ba24d2be07cb6a1c383745d9a53042a14e88bde42e0f5","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:17Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:17Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/red-beet-food-coloring"}