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Pickled Honey Beets

Source of Recipe

Darlene


Recipe Introduction

Origins Unknown

List of Ingredients

2 quarts small beets
1 1/2 c vinegar
1 cup honey
1 cup water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground allspice

Spice Bag

2 tsp broken cinnamon sticks
2 tsp whole cloves
2 tsp mustard seed

2 cups onion slices, broken into rings




Recipe

Cook the beets with the root on in a small amount of simmering water, then peel them. (Beet juice stains clothes and some countertops.) If you cannot locate small beets, slice beets 1/4 inch thick after peeling.

Combine vinegar, honey, and water in saucepan; stir in salt and allspice. Add spices tied up in a cheesecloth bag and simmer all gently for 5 minutes.
Add beets and onions and simmer gently for another 20 minutes. Remove spice bag, pack into half pint or pint jars, apply lid and process in boiling water
canner for 30 minutes.

Makes 5 pints