pickled beets

How To Make pickled beets

• 1

  cut leaves from beets leaving about 2" stem, clean really well
• 2

  cover with water and boil till fork tender
• 3

  cool enough to peel
• 4

  if you have small beets you can leave whole or cut to what ever size you want, for all beets.
• 5

  while I am getting beets ready I have saved the four cups of beet juice and added that to pan, now add the sugar and the vinegar. I put the 2Tabls. pickling spice in cheese cloth and secure with rubber band and throw in the kettle and boil for about 10 minutes making sure all sugar is dissolved.
• 6

  by this time you should have all the beets cut to the size you want. I am also getting my pint jars hot in boiling water, and getting the lids boiled also
• 7

  add your beets to the water solution. remove the bag of spices and start filling your jars,fill to about the rim of jar, add your liquid ,take a knife and carefully go around inside of jar for any air bubbles, put lid on and water bath for 10 minutes
• 8

  remove from water bath and let set for 24 hours before putting away
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