Ontario Pickled Beets
Garden beets boiled, sliced and preserved in a spiced sweet vinegar brine.
🇨🇦Canada· Ontario
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 60 min
- Total
- 80 min
- Servings
- 30
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Calories
- 40 kcal
Equipment
- •Large pot
- •Sterilised jars
Nutrition
Per serving, approximate
- Calories
- 40 kcal
- fat
- 0 g
- carbs
- 9 g
- protein
- 1 g
- calories
- 40
Instructions
- 1
Boil the beets whole and unpeeled until tender, then cool and slip off the skins.
- 2
Slice them into rounds.
- 3
Boil the vinegar, water, sugar, salt and spice bag for 5 minutes.
- 4
Pack the beets into hot sterilised jars.
- 5
Pour over the boiling brine to cover completely and seal.
- 6
Leave one week before opening.
Chef's tips
Wear gloves when peeling unless you want stained hands for a day.
Ingredient substitutions
- cider vinegar → white vinegar for a sharper pickle
Storage
Sealed jars keep 12 months.
Common mistakes to avoid
- •Peeling before boiling and losing the colour
Serving suggestions
Serve with cold meats, pork pie or cheese
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