Pickled Beet And Onions

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 7 lbs beets
• vinegar
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons whole mixed pickling spices
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 1/2 cups vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 lbs onions

Recipe

• 1 cut off all but 2-inches of the beet tops, leave the root ends attached.
• 2 peel and slice the onions into 1/4-slices.
• 3 heat enough water to cover beets to boiling.
• 4 add beets and 2 tsp vinegar for each quart of water used.
• 5 cover and heat to boiling.
• 6 cook until beets are tender, 35 to 45 minutes; drain.
• 7 run cold water over beets, slip off skins and remove the root ends.
• 8 cut beets into 1/4-inch slices.
• 9 heat remaining ingredients to boiling in a 6-quart dutch oven, reduce heat.
• 10 simmer, uncovered 10 minutes, stir in beets.
• 11 pack beets and onions in hot jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
• 12 heat syrup to boiling.
• 13 pour over beets and onions, leaving about 1/2-inch headspace; seal.
• 14 process 30 minutes in boiling water bath.
• 15 note:.
• 16 7 cans (16 ounces each) sliced beets, drained, can be substituted for the beets in the above recipe.