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Bred and Butter Beets
Jul 19, 2007 | 4:44 PM PST
Tags: Beets , Bread and Butter Beets , Bread and Butter Pickles , Cucmbers , Pickling , Pickling Spice , Pickling Spices , Homemade Pickled Beets

Some of you have requested my homemade pickled “Bread and Butter Beets.” In response to the request, I have posted it to this blog:

Bread and Butter Beets by RubyRedTomato

(Makes approximately 16 pints or less)

Bring to boil the following vinegar solution: (just boil enough to dissolve sugar, do not cook it or it will become like syrup and won’t fill 16 pints more or less)

• 2/3 c. sea salt
• 16 teas. pickling spice (if yo prefer a smaller amount of seasonings, use 8 teas)
• Measure out 6 c. organic* raw cane sugar.** Then grind sugar to powder and add to solution. (I used 10 cups sugar and found it to be too sweet)
• 6 cups organic* apple cider vinegar

(Harvest enough beets*** to fill 16 pints.) Cut beets stems to inch, removing leaves. Wash. Put 1 ½ cups water in pressure cooker. Add beets. Pressure beets at 15 pounds pressure for 6 minutes. Cool canner under running water. Drain water. Cover beets with cool water. Slip off skins. Quarter beets, put in pint jars, leaving ½ inch head space. Add hot vinegar solution, with spices. Then process beets according to manufacture instructions for the canner you are using. ENJOY!

*You can use regular raw cane sugar and cider vinegar, instead of organic. Organic is quite a bit more expensive.

**If you are using raw cane sugar, Measure out the sugar, prior to grinding it to powder for the vinegar solution. If you measure it out, after it is in powder form, it will be too sweet. Raw cane sugar is somewhat sweeter than white processed sugar.

***You can use cucumbers if you want "Bread and Butter Pickles, instead of beets!

Here is a link to a photo of my "Bread and Butter Beets"

http://my.gardenguides
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