Swedish Pickled Beets

Sharon123's Note:

Adapted from House & Garden, 1964! Easy and tasty! A Scandinavian table is seldom without them. You can use canned beets for this.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 2 cups, a ...

• 1/2 cup cider vinegar (or white vinegar)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 2 cups beets, thinly sliced, cooked and peeled

Directions:

1. Combine vinegar, water, sugar, salt and pepper.
2. Bring to a boil; cool. Place beets in a deep bowl and pour dressing over them.
3. Let stand at least 12 hours before serving.
4. Serve with fried fish, hot and cold meats or on a smörgasbord. Enjoy!

Reviews

[MarraMamba]

Update, still delicious, added some dill and yellow mustard seed to this too. I can see why it was a 2009 favorite! After only 6 hours they taste like 6 stars, cant wait for 12. Phenomenal and easy. I think bc of the vinegar they could be water processed too which allows putting up a lot. I used a can of small rosebud beets, but kept the liquid the same so it covered them completely in the jar. Oh so good.

[Leslie in Texas]

These beets were delicious! I used a can of sliced beets, Splenda in place of the sugar and some thinly sliced onion layered with the beets.I marinated the beets for about 8 hours (didn't start them early enough!) and they were great. Thanks for posting this,it's definitely a keeper!

[chefhomemaker]

These were delicious! Exactly what I was looking for with a couple of minor changes. I used 2 cans of sliced beets, drained and used reserved juice in place of water and added a cinnamon stick to the liquid and other ingredients to boil. Once I poured over and let sit for 12 hours I discarded cinnamon stick. I think next time I will try with canned, whole beets. Thank you so much for a great recipe!