Pickled Beetroot
I enjoy growing beetroot and have had some success with it over the last few years and even the floods in June have not deterred the beet from growing. One way of preserving the beetroot season is by pickling the beetroot and this is quite simple to do.
Pickling Beetroot
Homegrown Beetroot
Ingredients
- Beetroot
- Vinegar (malt vinegar, wine vinegar or pickling vinegar depending on your preference)
- Sugar
- Glass Jar
Method
- Lift beetroot out of ground and cut off the root and the leaves without cutting into the flesh if possible.
- Add one tablespoon of vinegar to a pan of water (the vinegar helps to stop the beetroot bleeding).
- Place beetroot in water and bring to boil.
- Let beetroot cook in pan of simmering water for 30-45 minutes.
- If the skin will easily move away from the beetroot then the beet is cooked.
- Peel off the beetroot skin and cut the beetroot into slices.
- Place vinegar in pan with six tablespoons of sugar.
- Heat vinegar until the sugar is dissolved.
- Remove lid of jar and place jar in oven until the glass is hot (up to 5 minutes – this sterilises the jar).
- Place the beetroot slices into the jar.
- Pour over the vinegar and add lid.
- Label the jar with pickled beetroot and date.
- Serve with salads.
Enjoy.
My husband says there is no comparison between homegrown pickled beetroot and shop bought beetroot. It’s worth the effort of growing this veg to get top quality pickled beetroot.
Prize Winning Pickled Beetroot
I entered my pickled beetroot into the village produce show in August and it won first prize so go ahead pickle some beetroot today!
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how much vinager do u use
Hi Maria,
Thanks for visiting the farmingfriends website and leaving your comment. You need
approximately 1 litre of vinegar to 1 kg of beetroot. Hope the pickled beetroot making goes well and you enjoy it. Let us know how you get on.
Kind regards
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Hi Sara,
In your recipe you say place vinegar in pan with 6 tablespoons of sugar – do you mean 1litre of vinegar to 6 tablespoons of sugar (and 1kg of beetroot)?
Do you have to leave it for any length of time before you eat it – to ‘pickle’ I mean?
Hi Deborah,
You can eat the pickled beetroot straight away or leave it to mature. Either way it is delicious!
Thanks for your enquiry.
Kindregards
sara @ farmingfriends
Many years ago my farming sister-in-law told me there is a right and wrong way to slice boiled beetroot but unfortunately I have forgotten her advice ! Should the beet be sliced horizontal from leaf to root or vertical ??