What's this vegetable...

[LadySweet]

Was in my bag of organic vegetables for casseroling.. was the size of a beetroot, orange skin like a carrot, bright yellow flesh. Have discounted beetroot, swede, turnip and sweet potato. I have peeled and chopped it anyway and added it to the casserole pot, but am just a bit curious

Googling the description has not thrown up any meaningful results

maybe an unusual type of beetroot?
I know they come in different colours.
what does it taste/smell like?

Ooh it smelled a bit like a carrot, I sliced a little bit off and taste wise it was like nothing raw I had tasted before. It was very hard though. I thought all beetroots were the same, perhaps I shouldnt have chopped it...

you can get spherical carrots, but then they would taste of carrots I guess.

kohlrabi?

You can get orange beetroot

could have been some sort of squash. I think I had something similar once, called a "red onion squash" (I think, it was a while ago)

So perhaps it is a beetroot indeed then Do you think I should fish it out the casserole or will it be ok chopped in with the rest of the veg? I had thought you needed to cook beetroot whole in foil in the oven?

I've just google-imaged orange beetroot and thats exactly what it looked like

I would leave it. I'm sure you can boil beetroot anyway.
I love veg boxes like that. I play guess the veg witht he children then I have to start being inventive with what we're going to eat.

am looking forward to playing those games with my wee boy when he is old enough.

Thanks for the advice re. the veg

could it be Burpees golden beetroot?

see you've already id'dit as beetroot. It should be fine in casserole as long as it cooks for a good long time I think.

Ahh cool, the casserole will be slowly cooking for at least the next 4 hours so should hopefully be done by then If not I'll just have to fish it out and hope no rogue pieces remain