Pickled Beets (Cwikla)

Rita~'s Note:

A great Polish side dish for all you beet lovers.Serve over greens for a nice salad or all alone. Check out my polish Potato and Beet Salad Potato and Beet Salad which has beets in it. We serve the potato salad for Easter.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 4 cups

• 3 cups sliced cooked fresh beets or 3 cups canned beets
• 1 large onion , sliced into thin rings
• 1 tablespoon gratedfresh horseradish or 4 teaspoons prepared horseradish
• 8 whole cloves or ½ teaspoon caraway seed
• 2 cups vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt

Directions:

1. Layer beets and onions in a glass or earthenware bowl, sprinkling layers with horseradish and cloves.
2. Boil vinegar with sugar and salt 2 minutes.
3. Pour over the beets.
4. Cover; refrigerate 24 hours.

Reviews

[Lavender Lynn]

In 26 years, we didn't know that both LL and DH love pickled beets! This is a fancier variety than we're used to thinking of, and it's delicious. Loved the touch of caraway! Snuck under the wire for ZWT4!

[lauralie41]

Wish I could give this recipe more than five stars! I used to run when my mom had beets but these are wonderful. I did use 2 cans of beets but 3 would have been better. The horseradish was prepared and I used caraway seeds instead of cloves. Perfect sweet and sour flavor, will be making these again! Thank you Rita for a great recipe. Made and reviewed for ZWT 4.

[Allisonsdinner]

My husband's exact words, "these are the best pickled beets I've ever had." I used 3 large fresh beets (boiled until soft) with 3/4 of a large yellow onion. I didn't have any horseradish, and used a couple of shakes of ground cloves instead. I doubled the sugar per another reviewer's recommendation, and used half white vinegar, half apple cider vinegar. Thanks for sharing -- this is going to be my pickled beet recipe from now on!