Sweet Beets

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 81.1
  • Total Fat: 0.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 357.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 20.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
  • Protein: 1.4 g

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Introduction

These canned beauties are the precursor to some killer Harvard Beets - simply drain and thicken the brine with cornstarch, heat and serve. They're not super sweet, but of course that depends on the type of beets you're using. These canned beauties are the precursor to some killer Harvard Beets - simply drain and thicken the brine with cornstarch, heat and serve. They're not super sweet, but of course that depends on the type of beets you're using.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 ½ lbs beets, topped and scrubbed
    2 cups apple cider vinegar
    2 tbsp dark honey (like buckwheat)
    ⅓ cup sugar
    ½ tbsp Kosher salt
    ¼ tsp ground allspice
    ½ tsp coarse-cracked black peppercorns
    ¼ tsp turmeric

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Wrap beets in foil and place on a cookie sheet.
Bake 50-60 minutes, until tender. Cool until you can handle them, then peel and cut into pieces (I used cylinder beets so I just cut slices).
In a large pot, combine the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil.
Add beets and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook 5 minutes.
Ladle into pint jars (top off with more vinegar if needed) and seal.
Can in a waterbath 30 minutes.
Let sit at least 2 days before enjoying - these get better as they age!

Serving Size: Makes ~2 pints, 8 servings

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.