Spicy Pickled Beets

[tamidw]

Here is the recipe for the beets. This is for canning, but I’m guessing you could make them and refrigerate them as well.

Spicy Pickled Beets

Canning, Vegetables
Servings: about 4 pints

Ingredients:
4 lbs. beets
3 cups thinly sliced onion (optional)
2 1/2 cups vinegar
1 1/2 cups water
1 tsp salt
2 cups sugar
1 Tbsp mustard seed
1 tsp whole allspice
1 tsp whole cloves
3 sticks cinnamon, broken

Directions:
Wash and drain beets. Leave 2 inches of stems and tap roots. Cover with boiling water and cook until tender.
Remove peel; trim ends, and cut into chunks, around an inch or so big. Try to be fairly uniform in size.
Combine remaining ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Add beets and cook until hot throughout. Remove cinnamon sticks.
Pack hot beets into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space; ladle hot pickling liquid over beets. Remove air bubbles by running a knife around the inside of the jars.
Adjust two-piece caps. Process 30 minutes in a boiling water bath.

[Jerod Broussard]

Sure beets anything I've ever had.

[Murdy]

Sounds delicious. My grandmother used to do something similar, and I really miss them. One of these days, probably when I hit retirement, I plan on playing around with canning a bit. I'll save this for then.

[OC Sandy]

Pickled beets are so good. If you haven't tried smoked pickled beets yet I highly encourage you to give it a try. You can do everything the same as your recipe, but after you have cooked and peeled the beets put them in your smoker at a low temp of 200F or less and smoke them for 30-60 minutes or to taste. You don't really want to cook them at this point, just get some smoke on them. Then proceed with your recipe. Tasty treat!

[tamidw]

Interesting. May have to try.

[Michael_in_TX]

I've never developed a taste for beets, but my wife really likes them, so every-once-in-awhile (usually when I am doing something german) I'll try something. I may give this a try, especially with OC Sandy 's smoking suggestion.

[klflowers]

I love beets. My mom used to pickle and can spicy beets. I never learned how to do it; I'll give this a try.