Pickled Beets

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

Ingredients

• 2 lbs beets, greens removed (couple inches of greens left on)
• 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup beet juice
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 peppercorns
• 1/4 bay leaf

Recipe

• 1 wash the dirt off the beets.
• 2 in a covered pan cook whole beets in boiling salted water until tender (35-50 minutes).
• 3 cool slightly, cut off remaining greens and slip off skins.
• 4 save 1/2 cup of the beet juice (water beets were cooked in).
• 5 cut up beets the way you want them.
• 6 put in a clean, empty jar.
• 7 in a small pan bring the beet juice and the remaining ingredients to a boil.
• 8 pour the hot liquid mixture over the beets.
• 9 let come to room temperature and then chill.