Easy Spiced Pickled Beets
Easy Spiced Pickled Beets
Ingredients
- 8-15 pc. fresh beets
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups white vinegar
- 1/3 cup water
- 16 pc. whole cloves
- 8 pc. whole allspice berries
- 2 sticks cinnamon, 4 inches long
- 2 tsp pickling salt
Instructions
- Roast beets till fork tender. This can be done the night before.(see roasting below) Remove skin and slice beets into rounds.
- Combine sugar, vinegar, and water into large saucepan. Boil over high heat stirring occasionally.
- Remove hot jars from water bath and place 4 whole cloves, 2 allspice berries, and 1/2 cinnamon stick, and 1/2 tsp salt at the bottom of each jar. Pack beets into jars.
- Pour hot liquid over beets to within 1/2 headspace.
- Process 30 minutes for half pints, pints or quarts.
- Makes 4 pints.
- Note: you can omit any of the spices to the beets. Some people do not like cloves and can be omitted without compromising safety!