Pickled Beets

I was at it again today!  This time, making pickled beets.  Again, I searched the internet and created my own recipe based on bits and pieces of the recipes that I found!

Beets . . . fresh from the garden, clean and ready to cook . . . 

Boiling . . . 

Cooked, cooling and waiting to be peeled . . . 

Peeled . . . 

Sliced . . . 

Pickling spices . . . this is an infant Nibbler* and is so much easier to use for spices that need to be removed than fumbling with cheese cloth and sting!  I found this tip on the internet, but can't find it again to give credit, but it works really well!

Beet slices in brine.

Finished product . . . 5 pints of pickled beets.

Pickled Beets

4 quarts of beets

1 1/2 cups vinegar

3 cups water

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 tbsp mixed pickling spices

Clean and boil beets.

Let cool.

Peel and slice/cut as desired.  Place in large saucepan.

Mix vinegar, water and sugar, pour over beets.

Put pickling spices in cheese cloth pouch or infant Nibbler so that they can be removed.

Boil for 10 minutes.

Pack in hot jars.

Can for 15 minutes in boiling water.