Pickled Beets (Cwikla)

photo by Lavender Lynn





- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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4 cups
ingredients
- 3 cups sliced cooked fresh beets or 3 cups canned beets
- 1 large onion, sliced into thin rings
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh horseradish or 4 teaspoons prepared horseradish
- 8 whole cloves or 1/2 teaspoon caraway seed
- 2 cups vinegar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
directions
- Layer beets and onions in a glass or earthenware bowl, sprinkling layers with horseradish and cloves.
- Boil vinegar with sugar and salt 2 minutes.
- Pour over the beets.
- Cover; refrigerate 24 hours.
Reviews
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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.
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Thanks for a great recipe. Unlike a lot of pickled beets, these weren't too sweet. I opted for caraway seeds, rather than cloves. I didn't have any white vinegar on hand, so I used 1 cup sherry vinegar and 1 cup rice vinegar. And I upped the sugar to 2 Tbsp because I find sherry vinegar pretty pungent. I'll make it that way again next time. I prepared the pickles the day before we ate them and was worried that wouldn't give them enough time for their flavors to meld, but they tasted great.
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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!
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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.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Rita1652
Jamesburg, New Jersey