Spicy Pickled Beets

Spicy Pickled Beets

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 8 hrs 20 mins
  • Yield: 2cups

    • About This Recipe

    “We usually have a bottle of these in the fridge, a very nice pickle! from Canadian Diabetes Association”

    Ingredients

  • 2cupssliced cooked small beets
  • 1/2 cupwhite vinegar
  • 1/2 cupwater
  • 1tablespoonbrown sugar
  • 2teaspoonswhole cloves
  • 1/2 teaspooncinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoonsalt

    • Directions

  • Place beets in a sterilized jar.
  • Combine vinegar, water, brown sugar, cloves, cinnamon and salt in a saucepan, bring to a boil.
  • Pour over sliced beets, cover tightly, refrigerate for 8 hours or longer until beets are pickled.
  • (Remove cloves after 3 days.) Store in refrigerator up to 2 months.
  • Variation: These are best with fresh beets, but if fresh beets are unavailable, well drained canned beets will work nearly as well.

    • Reviews

  • “Wow! I tasted these after 12 hours and they already got a 5-star out of me! (I imagine in a few days they’ll have a 10-star!) No! Wait! They won’t last that long! I did tie my cloves in a piece of cheesecloth so I wouldn’t have to sit with a fishing pole and go fishing for them all day in a few days. One yank of the string and they’re gone! I just promise not to yank too hard and stain my clothes with beet juice! LOL! Thanks, Dorothy, you’ve got a real winner here!”

  • “For canning and long term storage, use a small stick of cinnamon rather than ground and reduce the cloves to justtwo per pint jar. I used red wine vinegar instead of white to play up the red of the beets.”

  • “We grew beets this summer and I learned my husband liked them pickled.Your note about the Canadian Diabetic Assoc. caught my eye and we really like them. I cut down on the vinegar and used the Brown Sugar Blend Splenda. I also placed the spices in a coffee filter to make them easy to remove.Thanks!”

  • “These are awesome-tasting and very easy to make, especially if you BAKE the beets.A very good item for gift giving and church bazaars – always well received. The spice as described is very tasty – but Leda M’s advice for long-term storage is good.Excellent recipe.”

  • “I like my pickled beets a little sweeter.These were fine, but just not what I was hoping for.The recipe certainly was easy and quick.”

  • “Easy and yum! I had to use canned beets but this recipe made them taste like fresh! Thanks Derf!”

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