Beet and Root Vegetable Tian with Apple Cider Reduction

A seasonal side dish recipe for a beet and root vegetable tian with shallots and thyme, drizzled with an apple cider reduction.

My sister-in-law showed up to Thanksgiving with a Dutch oven full of root vegetables and a car seat containing a dark-haired beauty I would like to adopt as my own. Since I can’t steal my niece for more than a few stolen moments here and there, I instead picked her brain about beets.

On a buffet lined with vegetable dishes, the beets – pink and purple and dotted wit...