Recipe for Pickled Beets

Pickled Beets

Ingredients

.....3 1/2 quarts small fresh beets
.....2 cups sugar
.....3 1/2 cups vinegar
.....1 1/2 cups water
.....1 tablespoon whole allspice
.....1 1/2 teaspoon salt
.....2 (4 inch) sticks cinnamon

Preparation

Wash beets carefully; remove tops, leaving a 1 inch stem. Leave taproot. Place beets in a large kettle, and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until tender or until skins slip easily. Cool; remove skins, and trim.

Combine remaining ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes.

Pack beets into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace (cut large beets into pieces, if necessary).

Remove cinnamon sticks from syrup. Bring syrup to a boil; pour over beets, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Cover with metal lids, and screw bands tight. Process 30 minutes in boiling water bath.

Yield: about 6 pints