Brent S
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yeah, I know, you either love em, or hate em! I've always thought they were like desert! I never could really like them roasted, but pickeled is awesome. I just picked a large tub of them today, peeled and prepared them for pickeling, and they are in the pressure cooker right now. I like to make them a little spicey as well.
Here's my recipe,
Fresh beets, peeled and sliced. 1 large onion, 50/50 cider vinegar and water, about 3 cup each, 1 table spoon Allspice, 3 tblspn pickeling spice, 1 tblspn salt, 2 cups sugar, 1 tblspn cinnamon.
I put the cold peeled and sliced beets in a large pot with all the other ingredients except the onions, and bring to a boil. I prep the jars and throw in chunks of onion in each. Ladle the beets and juice into each jar hot, and put in a pressure canner for 20 min. I leave them in the pressure canner over night to cool. This helps to finish tenderizing the beets since I don't pre boil them. They are better after about a week, but will last at least a year before becoming mushy. (Nothing worse than a mushy beet
. So far everyone has loved them, even people who don't like beets! If anyone else has any beet recipes I'd love to hear them. I will chop up a raw peeled one and toss it into a salad occasionally and it's pretty good too, adds a nice crunch.
Here's my recipe,
Fresh beets, peeled and sliced. 1 large onion, 50/50 cider vinegar and water, about 3 cup each, 1 table spoon Allspice, 3 tblspn pickeling spice, 1 tblspn salt, 2 cups sugar, 1 tblspn cinnamon.
I put the cold peeled and sliced beets in a large pot with all the other ingredients except the onions, and bring to a boil. I prep the jars and throw in chunks of onion in each. Ladle the beets and juice into each jar hot, and put in a pressure canner for 20 min. I leave them in the pressure canner over night to cool. This helps to finish tenderizing the beets since I don't pre boil them. They are better after about a week, but will last at least a year before becoming mushy. (Nothing worse than a mushy beet
. So far everyone has loved them, even people who don't like beets! If anyone else has any beet recipes I'd love to hear them. I will chop up a raw peeled one and toss it into a salad occasionally and it's pretty good too, adds a nice crunch.
