A tasty pickled beet recipe with just a touch of sugar. Our Grandma Ann's recipe that's been updated with hot water bath canning.
Prep Time45 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Course: preserves
Cuisine: American
Keyword: condiments, pickles
Calories: 1316kcal
Author: Getty Stewart
Ingredients
4lbsof beets12-16 medium beets (3 inch diameter)
1cupwater
2cupsvinegar
1/2cupgranulated sugar
2tsppickling or kosher salt
2Tbsppickling spice
Instructions
Prepare Beets
Trim off beet tops leaving a bit of the greens and root tip to reduce bleeding. Wash and scrub well. Place in large pot, cover with water, bring to boil then simmer until tender, about 30 minutes. Remove from water and cool beets so you can trim and remove peel. Cut into 1/4" slices.
Prepare Canner & Jars
While beets are cooking, fill large pot or canner with water so that jars will be covered by 1" of water.
Check jars for cracks, wash with warm soapy water, rinse well and place in canner.
Heat jars in canner (no need to sterilize as final processing will be longer than 10 minutes). Keep hot until needed.
Heat lids in small pot of water. Do not boil, just keep hot until needed.
Prepare Brine
In large pot, combine water, vinegar, sugar, salt and pickling spice. Bring to boil and simmer five minutes until salt and sugar are dissolved.
Add beets to brine to heat through.
Fill Jars
Tightly pack beet slices from brine into hot jars to within 3/4 inch of rim.
Add hot vinegar brine to cover beets. Use a plastic utensil to remove any air bubbles and add more brine, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
Wipe rim with clean cloth and seal with hot sealing lid. Screw band on top and tighten finger tight.
Process in hot water bath for 30 minutes for both pint (500 mL) or quart (1 L) jars.
Makes 4 pint (500 mL) jars
Notes
Use golden or red beets. Assuming that 3-4 medium beets (3 inches in diameter) equals one pound which equals about 2 to 2 1/2 cups chopped beets. Processing time from National Center for Home Food Preservation. Remember to adjust cooking times if you're at altitudes higher than 1000 ft (306 m) above sea level.