Beets With Braised Beet Greens and Green Garlic Puree - Full Belly Farm

Ingredients

• 1 bunch of beets
• Extra virgin olive oil to taste
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• For the Beet Greens Puree
• 1/4 cup of unsalted butter
• 1 medium sized onion, thinly sliced (red or yellow is fine)
• 3 stalks of green garlic, thinly sliced (or three cloves of garlic)
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• fat pinch of salt
• 1 bunch of beet greens or a mix of beet greens and other hearty greens, like kale, roughly chopped (about 3 cups of chopped greens)
• splash of water
• squeeze of fresh lemon juice or a dash of red wine vinegar