[titch]

if i want to pickle some beets just plain and simple no spices, do i just cook as per pickled beetroot recipe on here and add plain ol vinegar?
white or brown - and do i add it hot or cold
just that i cooked some on friday and should do something with them in the next 24 hours so they dont go to waste

thanks

[Spana]

Thats more or less how i do mine.  I cook the beets and slice them into a jar.  I use malt vinegar but I put about 2 table spoons of sugar to 1pt of vinegar because i like them a bit sweeter.  I pour the hot vinegar onto the sliced beets and put the lids on straight away so that as they cool you hear the bubble in the lid pull down .

[titch]

thanks spana, just got back from a meeting and have no malt vinegar, but will do this tomorrow as have some more to do now thanks to hubby going to the plot


yummy
will try the sugar trick as i dont like things to vinegary either

[SnooziSuzi]

I was going to follow Vals recipe for quick spiced vinegar for doing mine yesterday but didn't have any muslin or other thin fabric that would have done the job so I just cooked & peeled the beets, sliced them into the jar (99p from Ikea) and poured the distilled vinegar onto them.

Couldn't resist the urge so tried a slice today; they's lurverly!  :happy:

[titch]

got my book today so thats helpful
have been saving jars (to everyones disgust) for a while so tonight while they are all out i will pickle the beets i have picked

pink fingers for tomorrow then 

snoozi did they pick up the vinegar flavour that quickly then?

[SnooziSuzi]

they did titch,  but because they'd only been in the vinegar for a day or so they were still sweet too :happy:

I was surprised at the colour of the water from boiling, and then how purple the vinegar went and how quickly!  I always thought that shop bought beets had food dye added

[titch]

got beets in cooking now, got some chilled in the fridge i cooked the other day, so will combine the two and in about an hour pickle them
cant wait i am so excited

got a picnic tomorrow so think i will take some in a littel pot
be rude not to i think 

[Beetroot queen]

I found something that said use white vinegar on google so I did for the small jars I did one small teaspoon of sugar per jar, they are lovely. more beets please 

[Spana]

will try the sugar trick as i dont like things to vinegary either

If im making myself a sandwich with beetroot in I hook the slices out of the jar and into a sieve and rinse under the tap, then dry with kichen roll.  It still tastes pickled but  not strong pickled

[farmersue]

I made lots of pickled beetroot last year and it was lovely (it also lasted until 2 weeks before this years crop was ready which was lucky!)
One of my very favourite things to eat is a slice of beetroot, a slice of cheese and sliced pickled onion on a cracker (don't laugh until you've tried it!).
Would it work if i included sliced onion with my sliced beetroot when i pickle it this year? I have lots of red onions that grew well. Would they be too strong?

Sorry if i've hijacked this thread  

[Spana]

Would you have to salt the onion first?

[farmersue]

Would you have to salt the onion first?

Oh that's an idea - would it help to keep the onion crisper?

[Spana]

Would think so, thats why you salt pickled onions, to draw out water.  I cant see why it would work well.  In fact from the back of the mind i remember see a recipe like it.

[farmersue]

Right i'm going to give that a go this weekend. Thanks for the advice. If you remember the recipe Spana, i'd be very interested to try it.   

[wighty]

Pickled beetroot and salad cream sandwiches are my comfort blanket along with (dare I say it Marmite on toast).  The two things I love most in the world. (well apart from my daughters, my husband etc, etc)