Spiced Pickled Beets Using Your Garden Rubies
- Garden fresh beets with greens cut off leaving about 1 to 1 1/2 inches of the tops on and leave the roots intact.
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups vinegar
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground allspice
- 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
You can use any size beets. Small golf ball sized beets or larger. The small beets can be canned whole while the larger beets can be quartered or sliced. I use larger beets and slice them up after cooking.
Wash and trim the beets as noted above.
Bring water to boil and cook for about 15 minutes. Drain and place beets in a sink of cold water till they are cool enough to handle.
Remove skins with your hands (it should slide right off) and trim the tops and roots off.
While the beets are cooking gather your sterile jars, lids, and rings and fill your canning pot with hot water and bring to a boil for processing.
Mix the remaining ingredients together to make the syrup and bring to a boil.
Slice your slightly cooled beets and pack them into the pint jars.
Pour the boiling syrup into the jars. leaving a 1/2 inch head space. Run a knife around the inside of the jar to get the air bubbles out and wipe the rim of the jar with a clean damp dish cloth or paper towel to avoid the possibility of bacterial growth while your jars are sitting in the pantry.
Dip your lids in hot simmering water for a few seconds to activate the seal and place on top of the jar. Place the ring over the lid but do not tighten too much or you might end up with broken jars in your pot.
Process in boiling water bath with water covering the jars by at least an inch for 30 minutes.
Remove jars from canner and let sit on a cookie rack till cool. Once they have cooled, check to see that all of your jars have sealed by pressing down on the top of the lid. You will hear a popping sound after removing them from the canner and you will not be able to press the lid in once they are cooled. you may then store them on a shelf for future use.
If they did not seal properly, either refrigerate and eat soon, or reprocess with a new lid.
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