Beets are a weekly ritual around here. Usually we boil them and toss them in a sweet sour vinaigrette and keep them in the refrigerator to eat all week. The vinegar in the dressing “pickles” the beets, helping them last longer in the fridge.
Many pickled beets I find are much too vinegary, hiding rather than enhancing the naturally sweet flavor of the beets. This recipe is my mother’s approach to preparing the beets, using cider vinegar balanced with a little sugar (you could also just use balsamic), along with olive oil and some dry mustard.
Ingredients
8 medium fresh beets
1 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons whole cloves
1-1/2 teaspoons whole allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
Scrub beets and trim tops to 1 in. Place in a Dutch oven; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 25-30 minutes or until tender. Remove from water; cool. Peel beets and slice; place in a bowl and set aside.
In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar, cloves, allspice and salt. Bring to a boil; boil 5 minutes. Pour over beets. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Drain before serving.
via ~ tasteofhome
Servings: 8
Sounds like a delicious recipe…love pickled beets😋😋
I like onions in with the mixture as well.
What do you mean by medium fresh? Do I let them sit a day, weeks or what? Is this because older beets marinate the juice better?
Hi, Rick. I think they mean medium size, fresh beets.
This is why commas are so important
I think she means medium size beets.
That medium is referring to the size of the beet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She means size medium.
Love your recipes
Love Love Love Pickled Beets. Homemade/canned is so much better. ………………….. I have never heard of WHOLE Allspice, nor have I ever seen it in stores. I keep ground Allspice but, never heard of WHOLE Allspice.
I remember them, they are tiny seeds that’s not ground. My mother would use them to make pickles.
It used to be very common, and one used a spice grater.
I have found whole allspice at Amish bulk stores. Have used for years in pickling my beets
Do you have recipe for pickle okrayou could share
Can this recipe be canned?
I would really love to make enough to last a few months, to join my grape juice, apple butter and apple sauce in my pantry
I always can mine. They look great on my pantry self next to my dill pickles & pickled beans & salsa.
I would like to can some also !!
Why do many recipes call for quite a few cloves? I don’t taste cloves in purchased pickled beets. Can I just leave them out—really dislike their taste!
White or cider vinegar???
I always use white vinegar when canning or pickling.