Spiced Pickled Beets Recipe

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With spicy, robust flavor, these pickled beets are so good, they'll convert any naysayers! Edna Hoffman, Hebron, IN

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Spiced Pickled Beets Recipe
  • Prep: 1-1/4 hours Process: 35 min.
  • Yield: 24 Servings
75 35 110

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds small fresh beets
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups cider vinegar
  • 2 cinnamon sticks (3 inches)
  • 1 teaspoon whole cloves
  • 1 teaspoon whole allspice

Directions

  • Scrub beets and trim tops to 1 in. Place in a Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25-35 minutes or until tender. Remove from the water; cool. Peel beets and cut into fourths.
  • Place beets in a Dutch oven. Add the sugar, water and vinegar. Place spices on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with string to form a bag. Add to the beet mixture. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Discard spice bag.
  • Carefully pack beets into hot 1-pint jars to within 1/2 in. of the top. Carefully ladle hot liquid over beets, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 35 minutes in a boiling-water canner. Yield: 4 pints.

Editor's Note: The processing time listed is for altitudes of 1,000 feet or less. For altitudes up to 3,000 feet, add 5 minutes; 6,000 feet, add 10 minutes; 8,000 feet, add 15 minutes; 10,000 feet, add 20 minutes.

Nutritional Facts 1/4 cup equals 53 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 44 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Spiced Pickled Beets in Taste of Home June/July 2010, p66

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Reviewed on Jul. 19, 2010 by rudylenak

add a teaspoon of salt

 
 
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