{"id":990,"date":"2020-10-13T15:59:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T21:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/?p=990"},"modified":"2021-07-31T11:57:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T17:57:08","slug":"spiced-pickled-beets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olivereats.ca\/index.php\/2020\/10\/13\/spiced-pickled-beets\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiced Pickled Beets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Easy to do!<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ingredients\"><h3>Ingredients<\/h3><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Approx 2 lbs of beets<\/li>\n<li>2 c white sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 c white vinegar, regular (5%) or pickling (7%)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c water<\/li>\n<li>16 whole cloves<\/li>\n<li>8 whole all spice berries (not powder)<\/li>\n<li>2 &#8211; 4&#8243; cinnamon sticks<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp pickling salt (sea salt or kosher salt&#8230;not iodized salt)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"shortcode-directions instructions\"><h3>Directions<\/h3><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fill canner pot with water to have at least 1&#8243; of water above tops of jars.\u00a0 Place 4 x clean pint jars in canner.\u00a0 Bring water to simmer.<\/li>\n<li>Place new snap lids in a glass bowl.\u00a0 Fill the kettle with approx 1 c of water.<\/li>\n<li>For round beets, trim beets leaving 1&#8243; of stem and root attached as this helps prevent bleeding. Sort beets into 2 sizes&#8230;smaller beets vs large beets.\u00a0 Smaller beets cook faster than larger beets.\u00a0 Put beets into separate saucepans, cover with water, and bring to a boil. For tubular beets, remove the tops and roots and cut into 1 1\/2&#8243; slices, put into saucepan, cover with water, and bring to boil.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce heat and cook smaller beets approx 20 min and large beets approx 45 min.\u00a0 Test beets for doneness with a fork.\u00a0 For small beets and beet slices, when the fork just barely goes into the beet, they are done.\u00a0 They will continue to cook as you process them. For large round beets, fork needs to penetrate almost to center.<\/li>\n<li>When beets are almost cooked, combine sugar, water, and vinegar in a saucepan (brine).\u00a0 Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.\u00a0 Reduce heat to simmer.<\/li>\n<li>When beets are cooked, drain and rinse in cold water.\u00a0 When able to handle them, trim off the stem and root, peel or cut off the skins, and cut into uniform pieces approx 1&#8243; x 1&#8243;.<\/li>\n<li>Heat the kettle to boiling.\u00a0 Pour hot water over snap lids to soften the rubber compound.<\/li>\n<li>Lift and drain the hot jars from the canner.\u00a0 Keep canner simmering.<\/li>\n<li>Place 4 whole cloves, 2 allspice berries, 1\/2 cinnamon stick, 1\/2 tsp of salt in each jar.<\/li>\n<li>Pack cooked beets into hot jars leaving 1\/2&#8243; at the top.<\/li>\n<li>Pour hot liquid mixture (brine) over beets to within 1\/2&#8243; of top of jar.<\/li>\n<li>Place hot snap lids on jars.\u00a0 Screw on rims just until finger tight.<\/li>\n<li>Place sealed jars back into canner. Simmer jars in canner for 30 min.<\/li>\n<li>Lift out jars without tipping them.\u00a0 Leave them to cool untouched for 24 hours on the counter.<\/li>\n<li>Check the snap lids.\u00a0 They should be concave which indicates they sealed properly.\u00a0 Stored sealed jars in a cool dark place.\u00a0 Any unsealed jars should be refrigerated and used with 3 months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<p>Thanks to Jean Hamilton for sharing!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easy to do! 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